Kamal Hassan, Congress stand beside Sofia Lois, the student arrested for shouting anti-BJP slogans

Chennai/New Delhi, Sept 4 (IBNS) : Actor and Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief Kamal Haasan and the Congress on Wednesday extended full support to Lois Sofia who was arrested at the Tuticorin airport on Monday for calling the central government ‘fascist’ on a flight in front of state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Tamilisai Soundararajan.

Tamil Nadu : Student arrested for shouting anti-BJP slogan on board plane gets bail

Chennai, Sept 4 (IBNS) : A day after the Tamil Nadu police arrested Sofia Lois, a student who raised a slogan against BJP State President Tamilisai Soundararajan on a private airline, a court in Thoothukudi district on Tuesday granted her bail, media reports said. On Monday morning, the BJP leader and the 28-year-old student, studying in Canada, got into an altercation after she shouted “BJP’s fascist government down down” minutes before they were to de-plane.