HC notice to govt. over COVID-19 cash relief
The Hindu
DMK cadres should not be involved in distribution, says petitioner
The Madras High Court on Thursday ordered notice to the State government on a public interest litigation petition which sought a direction to distribute the COVID-19 cash relief to rice ration card holders without the involvement of ruling DMK cadres. The litigant also insisted on making the cash payment either through bank transfer or door delivery. Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy asked Advocate General R. Shunmugasundaram to take notice on behalf of the government and revert on Monday.For the first time in a Lok Sabha election, the AIADMK forfeited deposits in seven constituencies. For the ruling DMK, the verdict is seen as a popular endorsement of the functioning of its three-year government under Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. The outcome indicates that the BJP, whose Hindutva ideology has all along been considered alien to the political ethos of Tamil Nadu
Cardiologist and MP-elect from Bengaluru Rural C.N. Manjunath, who contested from the BJP and defeated three-time Congress MP D.K. Suresh, said he was the “people’s candidate” and that it is their aspiration to see him in the Union Cabinet. In an interview with The Hindu, he claimed his victory was possible because those who were treated at the Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research became his “ambassadors”.