NE NEWS SERVICE
PUDUCHERRY, JULY 24
A statue of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M G Ramachandran was found draped with a saffron shawl at Puducherry leading to protest by AIADMK and Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Friday assured members of the territorial assembly that quick action would be taken against the culprits.
தலைவர்களின் சிலைகளை அவமதிக்கும் செயல்களில் ஈடுபடுபவர்கள் யாராக இருப்பினும் அவர்கள் மீது சட்டப்படி கடுமையான நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க புதுச்சேரி அரசினை வலியுறுத்தி கேட்டுக் கொள்கிறேன்.
— O Panneerselvam (@OfficeOfOPS) July 23, 2020
The AIADMK founder leader MGR’s statue, in standing posture at the Puducherry-Villianoor junction in the union territory, was found draped with a saffron shawl on Thursday evening.
AIADMK co-coordinator and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami condemned it as a “barbaric” act.
A MGR statue in Puducherry was found desecrated and draped with saffron colour shawl. This comes just days after Periyar statue was smeared with saffron paint in Coimbatore.
AIADMK MLAs staged a protest seeking arrest of the miscreant. Investigation on. pic.twitter.com/xhAvqE73Hz
— Shilpa (@Shilpa1308) July 23, 2020
Days after social reformer Periyar’s statue was smeared with saffron paint at Coimbatore leading to brief tension and arrest of a fringe Hindu outfit functionary, he said vandalising and desecrating the statues of leaders “is a shameful barbaric act.” It caused grief, he said and urged Narayanasamy to take swift action and bring the miscreants to book and the anti-socials behind such elements.
When AIADMK MLA in Puducherry, Anbalagan, after staging a protest last night, raised the issue in the House on Friday, Narayanasamy assured strict action against culprits.
Against the background of popular Tamil spiritual hymn ”Kanda Sashti Kavacham” getting allegedly denigrated by a group “Karuppar Kootam,” the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Palaniswami said hurting people in the guise of freedom of expression through cheap criticism went against the very human civilisation.
Tamil people would never accept such tactics to fetch votes by infringing the unity and integrity of India, he said. The Chief Minister, however, did not directly name any group or refer to the controversy following the alleged objectionable post by Karuppar Kootam.
