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“What CM Stalin did was shameful”: Woman cop who survived Rajiv Gandhi assassination bombing

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The Commune
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Anusuya Daisy Ernest, a retired police officer, who was in-charge of security the night when Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated, lashed out Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin who had hugged and adorned convicted terrorist Perarivalan with a shawl on his release.

In an interview to a YouTube channel, Anusuya said “My hands were gone in the blast that killed the former Prime Minister. He (CM Stalin) never shared our grief or consoled us. I don’t know if he will be considerate towards us if we try to speak on phone. We the victims don’t know if we can ever meet the CM. It has been 31 years. Till today, no Chief Minister has called us.”

She also said that even the members of the Gandhi family have not bothered to meet them.

“Sonia and her family never met us or talked to us. For us, meeting the Chief Minister or the Prime Minister is far-fetched.”, Anusuya said.

“There is a huge threat perception for the post of Chief Minister. So many protocols. They ask so many questions to meet a CM. They treat you like you are going to kill the CM. Thousand and eight enquiries are made. But Arputhammal (convicted terrorist Perarivalan’s mother) is easily able to speak to the Chief Minister over phone and the video of it goes viral.”, she said.

“And the Chief Minister is hugging him affectionately as if someone of his own son was released from prison. Had someone from the Chief Minister’s had been killed by the LTTE, say his wife or his father Karunanidhi, I don’t know if he will hug the culprit the same way. That is what shocks me. Had Karunanidhi been assassinated by the LTTE when he was Chief Minister, would Stalin have recommended their release and hug them? This is a shameful act!”, Anusuya lashed out at CM Stalin.

Anusuya Daisy who was involved in the security arrangements for the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi when he was campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections in Sriperumbudur, survived the blast but had been severely injured. She had lost two fingers on her left hand and even today carries the pellets of the bomb inside her body.

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DMK functionaries fill-up theatres, distribute free tickets to celebrate their crown prince’s film

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The Commune
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Nenjukku Needhi, starring Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin’s son and DMK MLA Udhayanidhi Stalin was released on May 20, 2022.

The film is the Tamil-remake of the Hindi film titled Article 15, which had Ayushman Khurrana in the lead role.

The film high on propaganda containing the usual DMK rhetoric around NEET, ‘Hindi imposition’, National Education Policy is being touted as a film that will elevate Udhayanidhi’s political status.

In order to ramp up the image of the Udhayanidhi Stalin, DMK functionaries at different levels have been flocking the theatres to ensure that the film fetches a good run.

Chief Minister MK Stalin himself took time out of his busy scheduled to watch his son’s film at a special screening in Chennai. This has been seen as a message to other DMK functionaries to promote the film.

Following this DMK Ministers, MPs, MLA, Councillors, party functionaries and cadres have been doing their best to ensure that their crown prince’s film becomes a success.

Minister of Agriculture MRK Panneerselvam his son MRK Kathiravan, Cuddalore Mayor Sundari Raja, alon with members of the corporation council went to watch the ‘first-day-first-show’ of the film.

Law Minister Raghupathi, Environment Minister Siva V. Meyyanathan and Pudukottai MLA Muthuraja saw the film at a theater in Pudukkottai.

DMK functionaries led by Karur Corporation Mayor Kavitha Ganesan saw the film in the city with other party cadres.

Thanjavur Mayor Shan Ramanathan had included watching the film as part of his itinerary for the day, pictures of which went viral.

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In many districts, party functionaries have booked tickets in bulk and are reportedly distributing to the public for free. Around 1300 tickets in two theatres in Cuddalore were bought by Udhayanidhi Stalin’s ‘fan club’ and distributed free of cost to DMK cadres. Movie-goers were also provided with free Biryani.

In Madurai, a DMK functionary named Bala put up a poster saying that tickets for the film will be given free to college students and had also mentioned his phone-number to reach out for tickets.

Manamadurai MLA Tamilarasi Ravikumar had booked all the tickets in the theatre for yesterday’s evening show to take DMK cadres in the region for the film.

Huge cutouts of Udhayanidhi Stalin and posters with catchy one-liners hailing him as the ‘saviour of Tamil Nadu’ are being put up by DMK functionaries at the local level.

Members of the public and opposition parties in Tamil Nadu like the AIADMK and BJP have been appalled by the film being promoted by the DMK.

(With inputs from Puthiya Thalaimurai, Samayam Tamil, One India)

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Gang hacks a man to death in broad daylight in Chennai

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The Commune
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S Arumugam, a 36-year-old man who ran a finance company, was hacked to death by a four-member gang in broad daylight at Aminjikarai in Chennai.

Two persons have surrendered in a court while the other two are absconding.

The CCTV footage of the incident has gone viral sending shivers and making one wonder about the law and order situation of the state.

The incident happened on Wednesday at around 1.30 pm. Arumugham who was riding pillion on a bike with his employee Ramesh was intercepted by four men on two two-wheelers. He began to run on the main road as the gang parked their vehicles and chased him. They caught him near the road median and gave repeated blows with sharp weapons. Videos shot by onlookers that went viral on social media showed Arumugham battling for life. Ramesh was let go by the gang.

The attackers did not seem to care that they were in full public view. A few people alerted the control room and a team of the Aminjikarai police rushed to the spot. The body was sent to Government Kilpauk Medical College for a postmortem.

The deceased was a resident of Vaidhyanathan Street in Chetpet and reportedly had six cases, including that of murder, and harassment of women pending against him. Arumugham allegedly used to attack borrowers for defaulting on the dues and threatened them often.

Though the motive of the murder is not clear, police suspect that the killing could be the fallout of Arumugham’s enmity with such defaulters.

(With inputs from Times Now)

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How DMK And Dravidian Stockist Media Are Making A Hero Out Of A Convicted Terrorist

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Vallavaraayan
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A man who was part of killing the head of state of a sovereign nation was set free by the country’s Supreme Court on May 18, 2022.

His release comes just ahead of the 31st anniversary of the assassination of the late Indian Prime Minister.

As news came of his release, the convicted criminal was seen rejoicing playing the ‘parai’ (folk drum) with his supporters.

While the Congress in Tamil Nadu lies in a pathetic state with white cloth tied to its mouth, unable to even stand up for its late leader, its alliance partner DMK on the other hand, has accorded a hero’s welcome to the man who supplied 9V batteries to bomb the former Indian Prime Minister.

Chief Minister MK Stalin hailed the verdict congratulating the convicted criminal on his release. He said that the judgement was not about the liberation of an individual but will also remain as the grammar for ‘federalism’ and ‘state autonomy’. Calling the convicted criminal his ‘brother’, CM Stalin even hugged him and called his release a ‘huge victory’ for the state.

The DMK which even today has been calling late AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa as a convict based on the disproportionate assets case verdict, is today hugging a convicted terrorist who abetted the assassination of a former Prime Minister of the country!

That Mr. Stalin as Chief Minister, audaciously celebrates the relase of this convicted terrorist is yet another proof that the DMK is a party that is anti-thetical to the Indian nation. A Chief Minister, who has taken oath of office to uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India, is hugging a convicted terrorist who was hand-in-glove in bombing the Prime Minister of this country. By doing so, Stalin has not just set a bad precedent but has brought disrepute to the Constitutional office he is holding.

On the other hand, Dravidian Stockists of Kollywood have also been shaping popular opinion in favour of the convicted criminal and his mother ‘Arputham Ammal’.

“Justice and Arputham Ammal’s war-like nature has triumphed”, wrote actor and part-time politician Kamal Haasan.

Film music composer G.V. Prakash Kumar called the verdict as the victory of a mother’s affection.

Karthik Subbaraj, a film director has apparently been waiting for long for the convicted criminal’s release.

And then there is yesteryear film director’s son Shanthnu leaving fire emojis for the convicted criminal.

But of all these, the most appalling and dangerous reactions have come from the Dravidian Stockist media like The News Minute, Times of India, Vikatan, Red Pix and others who have been leaving no stone unturned to portray the convicted terrorist as a ‘freedom fighter’.

This is the front page of the Chennai edition of Times of India.

This terrorist convicted for abetting the assassination of a former Indian Prime Minister is being elevated to the status of a ‘revolutionary freedom fighter’.

Not just that, paeans are being sung about the convicted criminal’s mother and her alleged ‘struggle’. It is being peddled as if the convicted terrorist’s mother was fighting a lone battle against the ‘Indian State’ to get justice for her wronged son.

This is how the Editor-in-Chief of The News Minute, a portal known for towing the line of the DMK and the left, broke the news of the terrorist’s release.

Another story by the Dravidian Stockist portal, exaggerates and peddles a narrative about the convicted criminal’s mother saying “The perseverance, the thousands of miles that she has walked carrying a small bag and big hopes, has finally paid off. ”

However, the fact of the matter is that she has been getting the support of every Dravidian party all through her years. But one fact has been drowned by in all the noise created by the Dravidian Stock media is that she is the MOTHER OF A CONVICTED TERRORIST!

For years, successive state governments in Tamil Nadu and the Central Government have dilly-dallied in bringing the case to a closure.

However, The News Minute, playing second fiddle to its masters, has been trying hard with articles, videos and interviews pinning the blame on the Governor of Tamil Nadu for the delay. But that is not the worrying part.

What should concern every Indian is that the Dravidian Stockist along with its coterie in the media are now rallying for the release of the other 6 convicts.

God save this country!

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DMK high command tells Chennai’s Christian Dalit Woman Mayor to not speak to the press

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The Commune
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Chennai’s Mayor Priya whose recent comments on ‘Amma Unavagam’ had caused embarassment for the DMK has now been ordered to not speak to the press until further notice.

R Priya of the DMK, a Christian Dalit, was recently sworn in as the Mayor of Chennai. She had contested in the urban local body elections in Tamil Nadu and emerged as winner from the Mangalapuram ward. Maheshkumar of the DMK became the Deputy Mayor of the city.

Ever since Priya became Mayor, she has found herself struggling with the media and has made comments that has brought embarassment to the DMK. However, the Deputy Mayor would often come to her rescue in facing the questions.

Meanwhile the corporation meeting which was to be chaired by the Mayor, was handed over to the Deputy Mayor. This created a stir not only among the ruling party but also among the Opposition.

A recent pressmeet that was held by the Mayor created controversy in which Priya told that the Amma Unavagam was being run at loss and that it was being run out of magnanimity. She also said that some of the Amma Unavagams in the city was seeing no/less footfalls.

Deputy Mayor Maheshkumar immediately intervened to buttress her from a volley of questions. He managed the reporters stating that the Mayor was trying to say that few Amma Unavagams were causing a loss of one lakh rupees to the corporation. 

Howvever, the Priya’s comments had become viral in social media with many lashing out at her for being insensitive to the poor.

In light of this, the DMK high comman has issued a gag order on her asking her to not speak to the press until further notice.

(With inputs from Dinamalar)

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“A Terrorist, Blood-Thirsty Animal”: Woman cop who survived Rajiv Gandhi assassination blasts Perarivalan on his release

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The Commune
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Anusuya Daisy Ernest, a retired police officer, who was in-charge of security the night when Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated, has lashed out at those celebrating the release of the man convicted of killing the former Prime Minister.

In a telephonic interview to Zee News Tamil, Anusuya called Perarivalan a man convicted of crime, a terrorist and a ‘blood-thirsty’ murderer.

“Isn’t he a murdered? The court has just granted mercy to a murderer. He hasn’t been declared an innocent. Why are so many supporting him?”, she said.

“Hasn’t he killed a Prime Minister? He has killed 9 police officers. 9 other people have been killed. He isn’t innocent. Is he a freedom fighter? He has taken my hands. He would’ve taken my life. My breast and eyes still have the sharpnels of the bomb. He is a bloody terrorist and a blood-thirsty murderer. He is being given big media publicity. You (media) are only making him a big deal.”, the former sub-inspector said.

Anusuya also said that life imprisonment means incarceration for life and that Perarivalan, who was a death-row convicted deserved to be jailed for life.

“He may have been released now but God is definitely going to take his life. He has killed so many people. He is a blood-thirsty animal. This Supreme Court may have released him today but he is definitely going to die some day. He has killed so many people. A rabid animal.”, she added.

The retired woman cop also added that this will now encourage other convicts who are currently serving their sentence for their release soon.

“Why are the those convicted of Coimbatore bombings still in jail? Let them also be released. Let’s throw open all jails. Let’s free all terrorists and murderers.”, she lashed out.

“Just because he killed a Prime Minister he is a VIP convict, is it? And others convicted of crime are ‘ordinary convicts’, is it? They will also ask for their release now.”, she said.

Anusuya Daisy who was involved in the security arrangements for the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi when he was campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections in Sriperumbudur, survived the blast but had been severely injured. She had lost two fingers on her left hand and even today carries the pellets of the bomb inside her body.

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The need for changing India’s weekend policy

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Jay Kay
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In February 2021, Labour and Employment Secretary Apurva Chandra said that Companies will have to give three days of paid leaves and 12 hours of work per day to their employees with the consent of the workers.

In December 2021, Union Labor Minister Bhupender Yadav said that 13 states have pre-published draft rules on The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code. These are Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Punjab, Manipur, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and UT of Jammu and Kashmir. According to Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions code a “week” means a period of seven days beginning at midnight on Saturday night or such other night as may be approved in writing for a particular area by the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator.

As a working-class citizen, I thought I could suggest a few changes which can improve the lives of the labour class in this country.

The working class can be majorly divided into two parts – private sector and public sector employees.

All citizens are dependent upon part of the public sector employees’ service to complete their work pertaining to passport, licence, birth certificates and so on. Some of the private sector employees are forced to take a holiday from work to complete their mandatory constitutional requirements.

Sometimes, the work might not be completed in a day and further leaves need to be applied to complete it. The leaves that are meant for rewinding or unwinding from work pressure ends up being strewn away for such activities that adds more pressure on the individual. 

Some private sector companies have six-day work policies and that leaves the employee with one day off on Sunday during which the government offices are closed as well. The basic tenet of public service is defeated with such arrangements. Public holidays are few and far that planning for important government related task is next to impossible for private sector employees. 

Thanks to Digital India some of the bill payment works can now be completed online. For example, earlier, one had to stand in long queue in electricity department office to pay the bill. Sometimes, it may take an hour or two, sometimes when one reaches the counter, it becomes lunch time and the counter gets closed for an hour, and people would have to either wait till the public service employee complete his lunch or come another day to pay the bill.

The ordeals in passport office or even Regional Transportation Office is inexplicable. Though the services have drastically improved, it still requires an individual to be present on the day of the appointment in the passport office to complete his application formalities. 

Very little change has been accomplished in state government offices, there is a reluctance to change in these offices and people have to run from pillar to post to get an address change in ration card or even for registration of land. 

In 2012, Raman Sharma, an RTI activist from Jammu discovered a fact that the Government of India has issued no order till then which officially declares Sunday as a holiday. The Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India in its reply dated 18th July, 2012 signed by B Bandopadhyay, undersecretary stated, “As per records available in JCA section of Department of Personnel & Training, there is no information regarding declaration of Sunday as holiday.”

In 2013, Saudi Arabia changed the start of its two-day weekend from Thursday-Friday to Friday-Saturday to help co-ordinate business and banking days with the rest of the world. Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar have also switched to a Friday-Saturday weekend. So, there are precedence that weekend holidays can be changed by a sovereign country. 

Taking cognisance of all the issues and possible available solutions, government has to make amends in the policy with regards to weekends and try to find a middle lane that would benefit all the laborers across the private and public sector. Though, the announcements were made about bringing the change in working hours, wages and four-day working in the current fiscal, the change is not visible yet or there is a challenge in implementation. 

Therefore, I would like to suggest that the government look into an option to bring in a skewed weekend holidays for private sector and public sector, which will benefit the working class in the private sector to complete their mandatory government tasks.

It would be good to have public sector especially departments and offices that caters to general public to work on Saturdays and Sundays and provide weekends on some other days. Meanwhile, private sector companies that works with clients overseas as well as inside the country can continue having Saturdays and Sundays as weekends. This will also help in distributing the weekend rush in railway stations, airport and tourist and spiritual destinations, improve the occupancies in hotels and restaurants. 

 

BJP TN Chief Peels DMK’s “Dravidian Model Onion” At Dravidian Maya Book Launch

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The Commune
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‘Dravidian Maya: Lies, Deception and Collaboration’, the English-translated version of the Tamil best-seller ‘Dravida Mayai’ written by acclaimed author V.R. Balasubramaniyan was released on May 17, 2022.

The book was released by BJP Tamil Nadu President K. Annamalai and the first copy was received by Dr. T. Devanathan Yadav, Chairman of Win TV.

The event saw the participation of many prominent personalities like Editor of ‘Thuglak’ magazine S. Gurumurthy, Author Prabhakaran, Columnist R. Natarajan among others.

Addressing the occassion as Chief Guest, Mr. Annamalai attacked the much-hyped ‘Dravidian Model’ equating it with an onion.

He said that just like how an onion has several layers, the ‘Dravidian Model’ functions at different layers.

“The first layer is the ‘academic/intellectual’ layer which could comprise of few journalists, ‘American-educated’ philosophers and so on. They keep talking about Dravidian philosophy, Dravidian Model in all stages. There must be around 200-250 people like that. Once you peel this outer layer and go inside, then comes the ‘attack layer’. This is an interesting layer. If anyone wants to have a civilized debate, immediate response of them is to spew abuses based on one’s caste and religion thinking that the other side will refrain from questioning.”, Mr. Annamalai said.

“The next layer comprises of regional satraps. Right from 1967, every region like Tiruchi, Coimbatore and Vizhupuram have been leased out. The first two layers duty is to protect these regional satraps. So far, they’ve been able to protect these regional satraps. But with the advent of social media and an alternative ecosystem, these two layers have been peeled away”, he said.

“The fourth layer comprises of the DMK family. Protecting the family becomes the prime duty of the third layer, the regional satraps. Be it their business concern, their dealings, their international level money laundering, all these come in this layer. And once you peel that too, there will be ‘Gopalapuram’.”, he further added.

Citing RTI data, the BJP Tamil Nadu President pointed that there were around 626 villages (2019) and 446 villages (2020) in the state where untouchability was being practiced.

“And the district where untouchability was being practiced the most is Tiruvarur, where 158 villages practice untouchability”, he said. Tiruvarur is the native of late DMK patriarch Karunanidhi.

“If this is not Maya, then what is!”, Annamalai said pointing out the fallacies of the Dravidian Model.

Writer Prabhakaran, a prominent television debate panelist and an author, who addressed the occassion shared interesting anecdotes from the book written by Balasubramaniyan.

“Once Kalaignar was due to go abroad for some medical emergency. His family decides to do pooja for the family deity ‘Angala Parameswari’ in Tirukuvalai. Kalaignar is little reluctant. So, he decides to have the pooja between 4:00 and 5:30 in the morning thinking that no one else will come to know of it. He comes out of the temple at 5:30 with a garland on his neck and Sakkarai Pongal in his hands. Unfortunately, there was a Dinamalar reporter waiting with a flash and camera. The comedy of errors that followed looks like a page lifted off from Tenali Raman tales.”, Prabhakaran said.

He also pointed out that when Justice Party was ruling Tamil Nadu back in the days, its Ministers drew a salary of ₹5000 per month. “For 17 years they were in power. Do you know the value of ₹5000 in 1937? In 1937, 1 gm of gold cost only ₹3. If you translate it into gold terms, they were drawing ₹6.67 crores in today’s money for 17 years. This should have even shocked the Britishers!”, Prabhakaran said.

He said that the book is a must-read for today’s youngsters who want to know about post-Independence Tamil Nadu politics.

Speaking on the occassion, Thuglak columnist Natarajan said that the ‘Dravidian Model’ was nothing but a myth. He said that Tamil does not flourish by holding placards of ‘Long Live Tamil’ but by action. He pointed out that during the times of Congress leaders like Kamaraj and Bhaktavatsalam, an encyclopaedia of Tamil was brought out in several volumes. “No such encyclopaedia was brought under the Dravidian rule.”, Natarajan said. He also said that when the computers came, it was the Sri Lanka Tamils who put in the Tamil font in computers.

“Language and race are the two things with which Dravidian politicians run their course. This book demolishes the Dravidian illusion.”, Natarajan said.

Dravida Maayai, originally written in Tamil, consists of three books that details about the Tamil political scene from 1917 to 1981. It exposes the fallacies of the much-hyped ‘Dravidian Model’ of politics championed by the DMK and its affiliates.

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Man convicted of assassinating former Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi set free by SC

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The Commune
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Perarivalan, one of the convicts involved in the killing of late former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi has been set free by the Supreme Court.

Perarivalan was convicted by the special TADA court in 1991 for having provided two 9-volt batteries which were used in the bomb that killed Rajiv Gandhi on May 21st by an LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) suicide bomber during an election rally in Sriperumbudur, in the outskirts of Chennai.

The demand for the release of the convicts of the Rajiv assassination case  – Murugan, Santhan, Nalini, Rober Pious, Jayakumar, Ravichandran and Perarivalan – has been a consistent demand made by the Dravidian parties of Tamil Nadu.

In February 2014, the apex court commuted the death sentence of Perarivalan to life imprisonment, along with that of two other prisoners – Santhan and Murugan – on grounds of delay in deciding their mercy pleas by the Union government.

He received parole for the first time in August 2017, to meet his ailing father.

The Supreme Court had earlier granted him bail on March 9, 2022.

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Devendra Kula Vellalar woman tries to immolate self over forced conversion to Christianity, alleges police inaction

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The Commune
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Feature Image Credits: The Hindu Tamil

A woman tried to set herself on fire in front of the Ramanathapuram District Collector Office demanding action against few people in her village for forcing her and her family to convert to Christianity.

Valarmathi (53) is the wife of late Soundararajan and hails from the Karuppa Kudumban Pacheri village near RS Mangalam in Ramanathapuram district.

She has alleged that that converted Christians in her village are forcing and threatening her to embrace Christianity for years.

Reportedly, her family is the only family belonging to the Hindu Devendra Kula Vellalar community. Others in her village have converted to Christianity, she says.

Speaking to reporters outside the Collectorate, Valarmathi said that her family’s resistance to convert has invited the wrath of those who have converted. She alleged that they are being subjected to frequent harassment including physical harm by the Christian converts. She said that her family is also being slapped with false cases.

“Due to this problem my son Satheeskumar (31) is staying in his wife’s hometown Peravoor and is working as a mason. On the May 6th, when my son was finishing his work at the Peravur intersection, he was severely beaten by some people including Thomas, Vinod, Vijith, Praveen and Pradeep from Karuppa Kudumban Cheri.”, she said.

Satheeskumar is reportedly being treated at the Ramanathapuram Government Hospital and his wife is also said to be bed-ridden at home.

Valarmathi also said that though she has been reporting the matter to the police, they haven’t taken strict action against the culprits.

The Kenikarai police registered a case in this regard but no one has been arrested yet, as per a report by The Hindu Tamil.

“Since the police is not taking proper action on my complaint, I tried to commit suicide out of frustration.”, she said.

She said that strict action should be taken against those who force and harass people to convert.

Forced religious conversion in Tamil Nadu

There have been multiple instances of forced conversion in Tamil Nadu in the recent months.

Lavanya, who was studying in class 12 at Sacred Heart Higher Secondary School in Michaelpatti near Thanjavur, committed suicide by drinking pesticide after she was allegedly tortured to convert to Christianity by the school. Lavanya’s parents alleged that there was an attempt to forcefully convert their child and become a nun which the child had rejected and hence was subject to torture.

(With inputs from The Hindu Tamil)

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