"Peak Of Political Vendetta": AIADMK On Change Of Tamil Nadu Day Date
NDTV
Reversing the previous AIADMK government's decision, Chief Minister MK Stalin had on Saturday said Tamil Nadu's Formation Day will henceforth be celebrated on July 18, and not on November 1.
The opposition AIADMK on Sunday slammed Chief Minister M K Stalin's announcement on changing the Tamil Nadu Day from November 1 to July 18, saying it smacked of ''political vendetta'' and dubbed it as an ''unsuitable move''.
Reversing the previous AIADMK government's decision, Mr Stalin had on Saturday said the state's Formation Day will henceforth be celebrated on July 18, in lines with the rechristening of its name to the present one on that day and not on November 1. A government order will be issued soon for this purpose, he had said.
Following the Linguistic Reorganisation of states, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala came into existence from the then Madras state on November 1, 1956.
AIADMK Coordinator O Panneerselvam said a child's birthday falls on the day it is born and not when it is given a name, referring to the ruling DMK's decision to alter the state's formation day in lines with it getting the present name, i.e. Tamil Nadu.
