EPS brought disrepute to CM’s chair: Udhayanidhi
The Hindu
DMK youth wing secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin accused Edappadi.K.Palaniswami of putting to shame the Chief Minister's chair, which was earlier adorned by leaders such as C.N. Annadurai, M. Karunanid
DMK youth wing secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin accused Edappadi.K.Palaniswami of putting to shame the Chief Minister's chair, which was earlier adorned by leaders such as C.N. Annadurai, M. Karunanidhi and Jayalalithaa. Campaigning at Edappadi for DMK candidate T. Sampath Kumar, he said that while Annadurai was remembered for the respect he brought to Tamil, Karunanidhi for being a scholar in Tamil and Jayalalithaa for her courage, Mr. Palaniswami was associated with Koovathur where MLAs were held at a resort to get their support. The Chief Minister had given up the rights of the State and betrayed its people. He thrust NEET on Tamil Nadu, heeding the words of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party, the BJP. Fourteen students died by suicide in protest against NEET. The DMK had consistently opposed NEET.
Away from the memorial of saint-composer Thyagaraja in Thiruvaiyaru, where his 179th aradhana is marked by five days of uninterrupted concerts, unchavritti and rendering of the Pancharatna kritis, a parallel aradhana is under way in Thanjavur. In the narrow Varagappa Iyer Lane off the bustling South Main Street, devotees queue up at a house named after Thyagaraja. It is here that the idols of Rama, Sita, Lakshmana, Bharata, Shatrughna and Anjaneya, worshipped by Thyagaraja himself, are preserved, along with a portrait of the saint-composer said to have been drawn by his disciples.












