No priests removed for new appointments, says Stalin
The Hindu
“If anyone proves that a priest has been removed for new postings, the government will immediately take action,” the TN CM said, adding that a section of people were deliberately running a campaign on social media to undermine social justice
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday told the Assembly that no [traditional] priest had been removed from temple service for the recent appointment of 58 new priests from all communities. “A section seeks to derail the appointments by deliberately making posts on social media. No priest has been removed from his post. If anyone proves that a priest has been removed for new postings, the government will immediately take action. One should not have any doubt,” he said after HR&CE Minister P.K. Sekarbabu made a clarification on the issue.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.