Tear gas
23 Jan 2017
- In power
- AIADMK — Tamil Nadu
- Acted
- Police, Tamil Nadu
Police fired tear gas shells to disperse crowds on roads leading to Marina and elsewhere in Chennai and the state. [4][5][1][2][3]
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The same action under other governments
For each party in power, its most recent tear gas in another entry. Chosen by this rule, not by hand.
- 2026Cockroach Janta Party protests over exam paper leaksIn power: BJP — Delhi Police
- 2022Protests against the Agnipath military recruitment scheme, June 2022In power: JD(U) — Bihar
- 2012December 2012 Delhi gang-rape protestsIn power: INC — Delhi Police
- 2006Kalinganagar police firingIn power: BJD — Odisha
Sources
- 1Jallikattu stir turns violent; Bill passedPTI via The Tribune, 24 Jan 2017T5 Secondary
- 2Jallikattu protest turns violent after police evictionIANS via Millennium Post, 23 Jan 2017T5 SecondaryArchived 28 Jan 2022
- 3India: Tamil Nadu assembly passes Jallikattu BillWION, 23 Jan 2017T5 SecondaryArchived 28 Jan 2017
- 4Protest turns violent on Chennai’s Marina Beach; vehicles torched, petrol bombs lobbedHindustan Times, KV Lakshmana, 23 Jan 2017T4 ReportArchived 24 Jan 2017
- 5Was Chennai police hasty in dispersing protesters? Voices are dividedThe News Minute, Anna Isaac, 24 Jan 2017T4 ReportArchived 26 Jan 2017