Thousands of students today gathered on the sands of Marina here as protests demanding lifting of the ban on bull-taming sport 'jallikattu' snowballed across Tamil Nadu.
Faced with mounting anger on the streets, the top brass of the state government got into a huddle as Chief Minister O Panneerselvam decided to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow seeking an ordinance for conduct of the age-old sport. He will be accompanied by 51 MPs of AIADMK.