Chennai, Aug. 4 -- DMK leader and senior advocate NR Elango said that the Tamil Nadu government wanted to arrest Leader of Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin to "stop" him from attending the Assembly's Budget session starting from Wednesday.

The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the Tamil Nadu Police to release Udhayanidhi after completing his questioning in connection with a case registered over his alleged remarks linked to actress Trisha.

"The first Budget session of this government will begin tomorrow. With a view to stop him from coming to the Assembly and raising very important questions, the state government this morning wanted to arrest him," he said on Tuesday.

The former Rajya Sabha MP further claimed that the government later...