A woman soup shop owner from Tambaram, Chennai, has attempted suicide after a DMK functionary has stopped her from running her soup shop because she refused to bribe him. Salim Nisha, belonging to Madambakkam is a mother of two.

Nisha owns a soup shop in the area, and allegedly Selvam and Raja from DMK have been threatening her everyday for free Chicken Pakodas. They have also asked her for bribe. Nisha said that because she refused to pay the bribe, the angered DMK members have destroyed her soup shop and threatened her that she will never be able to run the shop in the area henceforth.

Nisha, who lost her livelihood because of the atrocities of these DMK men, swallowed sleeping pills in an attempt to commit suicide. Her family members admitted her to the Chromepet Government Hospital. The victime Nisha said, “I sell soup and chicken pakodas in the evening. That is the only source of livelihood for my entire family. We haven’t eaten for 5 days now because they threatened to kill me if I reopen my shop.” She also named both Selvam and Raja as the ones who have been torturing her.

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There has been a complaint that other religious symbols have been used on the Murukku offering (Prasadam) packets sold inside the premises of Bhavani Sangameshwara temple. Some members of BJP and other parties were involved in an argument with the shop owners on Saturday, after which they filed a complaint with the temple authorities.

Temple’s Assistant Commissioner, who investigated the issue, said, “It has been found that as there were speculations that a lot of devotees would visit the temple on the occasion of English New Year. Food packets, including murukku packets have come from outside to be sold inside the temple. The shop owners have been questioned and have been issued a notice regarding this issue.” Those who were involved in the argument left after this investigation.

(With inputs from Dinamani)

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A video of TN Congress President K S Alagiri saying that Sanatana Dharma has to be destroyed in an interview, went viral on Twitter a few days ago. Many said that the leader has spelled out the most important agenda of the Congress party. It was then clarified that the leader only quoted Thirumavalavan and did not exactly mention the agenda of Congress. Senior BJP leader H Raja also had tweeted that, Congress, which accepts Thirumavalavan’s statement about destroying Sanatana Dharma, has to be boycotted.

While there were explanations that the statement was not made by K S Alagiri himself and that he merely quoted Thirumavalavan, the leader’s true intention about the issue has now been revealed. Alagiri had tweeted in Tamil today, “Sanatana Dharma justifies the inequalities in society. It is an interjection to Hinduism. No civilised society has accepted this. This is Congress’ policy. I’m glad that Raja is helping this opinion reach everybody.” The tweet is has now been deleted by the leader.

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Chandrasekhar, a DMK secretary and MLA for Thanjavur district has sold a daily sheet calendar for the year 2022. The calendar mentions the birthdays of various leaders and the remembrance days of late executives and functionaries. However, Hindu festivals are referred to as ‘Government Holidays’ in the calendar. At the same time, festivals of other religions are mentioned by their names.

With regard to this issue, the Tirupur North District BJP leader Senthilvel said, “These rationalists who have mentioned Hindu festivals as Government holidays, and in the same calendar have also mentioned Vastu Day, auspicious days, Manayadi sastras, etc. The DMK party is proving with every single action that they are against Hindus. How could they have won without the votes of Hindus? This calendar should be edited and republished, immediately.”

(With inputs from Dinamalar)

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