Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP and party secretary RS Bharathi filed a complaint with Chennai Police Commisioner against Maridhas, a popular YouTuber from Murai on Monday, August 26. Maridhas h uploed a video titled "Should DMK be banned?" on August 18, in which he can be seen questioning party's position on Article 370. He was quoted saying "DMK's stand on Article 370 is in support of terrorist organizations such as Hizbul Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Taiba" DMK is demanding a probe into this statement, and calling content "offensive", party is pushing for video to be taken down from all social media platforms.

RS Bharathi, tweeting about complaint from party's official handle, stated that due to nature of comments me by Maridhas, actions must be taken under Sections 505(2) of Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860 and or relevant provisions such as Section 79 of Information Techlogy Act, 2000.

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'DMK Supports terrorists', alleges YouTuber; DMK files complaint, says 'Maridhas inciting communal violence'

In his video which has w clocked over 87,000 views (as of August 29), Maridhas substantiates his claim about DMK supporting terrorist outfits by suggesting that party "commuted sentence of convicts" who are kwn terrorists. He also posed a question to viewers about party's alleged ties to Pakistan and hinted that DMK has an "understanding" with terrorist organizations.

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Murai-based YouTuber trending on social media, all thanks to DMK 

Following aftermath of incident, Twitter was buzzing with users tweeting ir support for Maridhas, so much that #ISupportMaridhas was trending. In equal measure however, DMK supporters took to Twitter to express ir displeasure and trended ir own catchphrase #MentalMaridhas.  

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Who is Maridhas?

A YouTuber and activist based in Murai touted to be pro-BJP by many after he authored a book titled 'Why I support Modi', started a YouTube channel in 2018 to counter Opposition's campaigns against Centre. His channel's 'About' section res that he started this channel with an intention to protect students from politicians with a "separist" nda or stoke ir emotions for political gain". Having taken on DMK and its ideologies in several videos before, party finally reacted by filing a complaint against him on Monday, leing to a furor online with people expressing solidarity with Maridhas on one side, and some applauding party's actions.