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Attendees At Madurai Murugan Devotees Conference Leave Venue Spotless – Netizens Mock DMK’s ‘Take-Home’ Meeting Culture

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Social media users took a jab at the DMK after the recently concluded Murugan Devotees Conference organized by Hindu Munnani drew massive public participation — not just for its scale, but for the discipline on display. At the end of the event, attendees followed organizers’ instructions and neatly arranged the chairs before leaving. Hindu Munnani volunteers and other Hindu groups stayed behind to clean up the entire venue.

By the next morning, Amma Thidal, the event site, was back to how it was before the event – all chairs rearranged and spotless — returned in the same condition it was initially, without a trace of litter. This display of civic responsibility sparked online praise and comparisons to DMK meetings, where cadres are often accused of leaving behind heaps of garbage — or worse, walking off with anything they can get their hands on.

While the Murugan Devotees Conference organized by Hindu Munnani drew praise for the discipline of its attendees who put the venue back to its original form, recent scenes from DMK events have drawn ridicule for quite the opposite behavior.

In June 2025 in Tiruppur, during the wedding reception of DMK MLA Selvaraj’s daughter, people were seen scrambling to grab sugarcane and banana garlands used for decoration.

A similar scene unfolded in Virudhunagar in 2024, where after Chief Minister M.K. Stalin’s event concluded, people began picking up bananas and coconuts that had been used to decorate the stage.

Back in June 2024, a DMK public meeting in Velachery, Chennai—attended by DK’s Suba Veerapandian, director Karu Pazhaniappan, and Minister Ma. Subramanian—saw something even more bizarre. As the meeting wrapped up, party cadres and attendees helped themselves to the chairs arranged for seating, carrying them on their heads as they walked home.

In another case from Salem, during a DMK conference, cadres didn’t stop at chairs. Reports allege they took off with 20-litre water cans provided for the event. To make matters worse, the canteen owner who had supplied food later complained that utensils like karandis (ladles), cookers, oil packets, rice bags and even other kitchen items were stolen—right in front of them.

The contrast between the dignity displayed at religious gatherings and the unruly scenes at political events has become a subject of mockery online, with many questioning the culture of entitlement and chaos that seems to follow DMK functions.

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