Jantar Mantar echo in Tamil Nadu: Rapper Arivu detained during protest, later invited by Vijay
Tamil rapper Arivu was detained by Chennai police on Tuesday while protesting against the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) outside the Tamil Nadu Secretariat. The protest, which criticized the NEET for disadvantaging rural and economically weaker students, saw Arivu and three others briefly taken into custody before their release. Following the incident, Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay invited Arivu for a meeting, highlighting the ongoing tensions surrounding NEET in the state.