Pudu Viraalippatti is not an isolated incident in which the VCK has had to resort to a peaceful struggle to hoist their flag in a public place. In August 2020, there was a similar stand-off in S Melapatti village, Peraiyur, Madurai district. In January this year, when VCK erected a flagpole and hoisted their flag in Usilampatti in Madurai, caste-Hindus led a road block and other protests. Police and revenue authorities eventually gave in to these demands, uprooting the VCK flag on January 28. To appear neutral, they also removed the flags of AIADMK and Communist parties. Neither AIADMK (the ruling party at that time), nor the Communists, launched a protest for their own democratic right to fly party flags at the public bus stand. That would mean VCK would enjoy the same rights, and they did not want to upset oppressor caste sentiments. Instead, they were willing to forego their own public visibility if it meant VCK would have to forfeit the right.