Udhayanidhi Stalin arrested: Why was Stalin's son picked up by police, and what did he say about Trisha in relation to Cauvery row?

DMK leader and Leader of the Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin was arrested from his residence in Neelankarai on Tuesday after police registered a case against him over allegedly objectionable remarks made during a rally on the Cauvery water dispute in Thanjavur. A police team led by Joint Commissioner of Police Dr P. Vijayakumar took Udhayanidhi into custody from his residence and escorted him in a police vehicle for questioning, reported ANI.

What was Stalin arrested?

The ruling TVK escalated its protest against DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin over his allegedly offensive remarks directed at a film actor, filing complaints with both the local police and the National Commission for Women (NCW) on Tuesday.

A police complaint was lodged at the Thanjavur East Police Station by S Bairavi, the TVK's Central District Women's Wing Organiser for Thanjavur, and there is a buzz that the leader of the opposition may be arrested.


The letter alleges that when the crowd chanted "Trisha, Trisha" during Udhayanidhi's speech on the Cauvery issue, he responded with an obscene, double-meaning remark.

Why did Udhayanidhi Stalin say?

The complainant accused him and DMK IT wing officials of intentionally degrading women, causing mental agony to the actor and women in general, and deliberately circulating a 2:39-minute video of the incident on the social media platform X to cause public unrest.

Following the controversial remarks, TVK Ministers, including N Anand and Aadhav Arjuna and MLAs strongly condemned the DMK on X, calling their conduct "absolutely disgusting" and stating that such acts expose the "mindset, political culture, and declining standards of the Arivalayam clan".

The BJP has also targeted the DMK leader over the issue. Tamil Nadu BJP chief spokesperson Narayanan Thirupathy demanded Udhayanidhi's arrest, describing the remarks as "disgusting, obscene, vulgar and shameful".