Chennai, Oct. 12 -- Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, Udhayanidhi Stalin, on Monday condemned the alleged house arrest of multi-purpose medical workers across the state as they attempted to travel to Chennai to protest their demands, including job regularisation.

In a post on X, Stalin accused the state government of preventing people from exercising their democratic right to protest and alleged that medical workers were being placed under house arrest despite the government's earlier promises to them.

Stalin wrote, "Just as youths travelling to Delhi to protest against electoral irregularities were arrested at various points, Udhayanidhi Stalin demands release of workers. I strongly condemn this 'Sofa Mod...