Udhayanidhi Stalin takes a dig at Palaniswami

Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Sunday questioned if Leader of the Opposition Edappadi Ok. Palaniswami would take exception to weddings being facilitated by the Department of Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments (HR&CE).

Presiding over weddings of 32 {couples} at a operate, he recalled Mr. Palaniswami’s objections to temple funds getting used for establishing schools. He identified the case was taken [by litigant] until the Supreme Court however the judgment was in favour of the HR&CE Department.

“My doubt now’s if he would take offence at what number of weddings are being organised by The Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments Department. He might even take exception to why funds from HR&CE Department are used for organising weddings. That is the standing of the opposition events now,” Mr. Udhayanidhi mentioned.

Listing out the achievements of the “Dravidian mannequin” of governance and the contributions of the Dravidian motion and the DMK, late leaders ‘Periyar’ E.V. Ramasamy, C.N. Annadurai and M. Karunanidhi, Mr. Udhayanidhi Stalin mentioned they led to a number of reforms in Tamil Nadu.

“Some 50, 60 years in the past, you’d have seen solely the caste names of grandparents of their wedding ceremony invites. But, now, caste names should not there, however the academic {qualifications} of the couple,” Mr. Udhayanidhi mentioned.