CHAPTER 10

A volunteer was arrested on 9th December 1971 at 11.30 pm under Security act. He was kept in the I.G's office throughout the night and sent to jail in the next morning.

He was arrested because of an editorial published in  " Nava Sakthi " .

Kamaraj sent Kakkan , the TNCC leader to know the situation. Secretary of TNCC P.Ramachandran went to the jail and saw him. Kamaraj sent Kakkan on the first day and Ramachandran on the next day. 

Kamaraj went twice to the house of lawyer Gopalsamy for his volunteer who was in the jail.

In 1972 all the farmers throughout the state conducted a protest against the government . It started in Coimbatore and spread over. More than 15 thousand farmers were arrested. Many died to oppression. Statue was laid for those who sacrificed their lives at Coimbatore. Kamaraj raised his voice for farmers pointing out the mistakes of the ruling party. He strongly condemned the government for what they had failed to do and what they had done wrongly in a hasty way.