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Hindu Munnani condemns usage of temple funds for self-promotion of CM Stalin and Minister Sekar Babu, asks relief kits to be provided in the name of temples

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Hindu Munnani’s Tamil Nadu state vice-president VP Jayakumar issued a statement saying that the Tamil Nadu Government should provide relief in the name of temples that granted this relief.

The press release stated that the announcement by the Government of Tamil Nadu to provide food to the relatives of patients receiving corona treatment at the government hospital is welcome but objected to the fact that it is being given from the revenue of Hindu temples on behalf of the HR&CE Department.”

It stated that ‘Annadanam’ is being provided to the poor for many years in temples already under the control of the Department of HR&CE. “It is absurd that the newly-elected DMK government is now using the funds of Hindu temples for their own self-promotion, despite the fact that the Hon’ble High Court has repeatedly pointed out in several judgments that Hindu temple revenue should not be used for anything other than temple development works”, it added.

At the event to distribute food parcels at the Tirunelveli Government Hospital on behalf of the Department of HR&CE, the packets and banner contained pictures of the MK Stalin and Sekar Babu, the Minister of HR&CE. “The banner did not appear to have contained a picture of Swami Nellaiyappar or any of the temple offerings along with the parcels.”, it said.

The press release went on to say that the looting of temple revenue and property for political advertisements is extremely painful. “The food package has been made to look like something Stalin and the minister are offering in their own regard. This is highly reprehensible.”, the press release said.

Hindu Munnani has requested the Government of Tamil Nadu to act on behalf of the respective temple administrations in considering the scheme of distributing food parcels in hospitals in the name of the temple with the images of the deity and offerings so that the people will have faith in God and mental courage in fighting the disease.

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BJP spokesperson SG Suryah questions MK Stalin over his silence on Kerala Govt’s refusal to give oxygen to TN

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There have been constant reports of COVID19 patients dying due to lack of oxygen. The newly-elected DMK chief MK Stalin wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting the central government to provide additional oxygen to Tamil Nadu. Following this, the Central Government on May 8 reallocated the oxygen supply for states and ordered that of the 170 MT oxygen produced at the Inox Kanjikode plant in Kerala, 40 MT of oxygen per day be supplied to Tamil Nadu by diverting the 20 MT oxygen to be given for Karnataka.

However, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan invoked the Kerala State Disaster Management Act and issued a new order refusing to supply 160 MT of oxygen to be sent for 4 days (May 9-12) stating that the state will not be able to send oxygen to Tamil Nadu as the demand in their state was increasing and that the rising number of patients needed oxygen. Pinarayi Vijayan also wrote in his letter to the Prime Minister that his government would not be able to send the ‘buffer’ oxygen.

Because of this, Tamil Nadu had lost 160 MT of oxygen that it should have received from Kerala in the last three days.

In light of this, Madurai Parliamentary Constituency MP Su. Venkatesan wrote a letter to Communist Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to send the excess oxygen in Kerala to Tamil Nadu.

While the Kerala government sent 31 metric tonnes of oxygen to Tamil Nadu following the central government’s order, Communist MP from Tamil Nadu Su. Venkatesan has been bragging that Tamil Nadu got oxygen because of the letter he wrote. 

It is noteworthy that the Kerala government has stopped sending oxygen to Tamil Nadu from yesterday (May 13). The DMK, which won the election in alliance with the Communists in Tamil Nadu, is keeping quiet on the issue. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has not even utter a word about the Kerala government’s refusal to provide oxygen despite the Tamil Nadu government extending help whenever a catastrophe struck Kerala.

In light of this BJP Tamil Nadu Spokesperson SG Suryah has question MK Stalin’s silence over the issue. In a live television debate, Suryah said that Pinarayi Vijayan had refused the ‘buffer’ stock meant for Tamil Nadu but there has been no request from Stalin’s side to get the oxygen needed for the state. “When we (Tamil Nadu) had excess, we sent oxygen to Telangana which was facing deficit. But nobody the DMK which is in alliance with the Congress has remained silent over this matter”, said Suryah.

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Pinarayi Vijayan edits Facebook post to appease Islamists and Communists after Hamas kills Indian nurse in Israel

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After it emerged that an Indian named Soumya Santosh, a native of Kerala who was in Israel as a caregiver to an elderly woman in the southern Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon was killed by rockets launched by the Sunni Islamist terror group Hamas, both the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and United Democratic Front (UDF) simply could not condemn the Palestinians for this terror attack.

Soumya Santosh, hailing from Idukki, Kerala was 31 years old nurse and was killed when Hamas fired rockets towards the civilian population.

However, According to the reports, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was forced to change his Facebook post after facing criticism from Islamists in Kerala. The CM actually had to edit his Facebook post to delete any references he made to link Soumya’s death Hamas.

If the Kerala Islamists were not happy, the Communists and the Congress were not far behind to appease Muslims in the state.

Communist Party of India (Marxist) said it was the Israeli who attacked Palestine and said, “the air raids carried out by Israel on the Gaza strip led to the death of many Palestinian citizens”.

“Israel is moving towards the complete occupation of East Jerusalem by attacking Palestinians who were protesting its attempt to forcefully expel residents of Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood to make way for Jewish settlements. Netanyahu, who had repeatedly failed to win a majority in the Israel elections, launched these attacks for petty political gains,” the statement issued by the CPI(M) said.

Meanwhile, the leader of the Janapaksham party and former Poonjar MLA P C George came down heavily on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and called him “irattachankan”, (man with two hearts) for not condoling the death of the Malayali nurse who was killed in Israel.

In a strong-worded FB post on Wednesday, George wrote “You are a conniver. This is a big example for indulging in appeasement eyeing few votes. Who are you fearing of? Palestine or Hamas? Or the Hamas in Kerala? Maybe for the junior comrades you may be double-hearted. But both those hearts are in the control of others.”

George was relentless in his attack and did not spare the communist leaders of the state. He said, “Those people who howl based on the direction from the AKG centre are also fast asleep. Kerala is making progress on the strength of the money sent by our children who earn from working abroad. Please show gratitude for that at least.”

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Bhagyalakshmi, wife of late veteran BJP leader Jana Krishnamurthy passes away

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Mrs. Bhagyalakshmi, the wife of late Jana Krishnamurthy, passed away at 8.30 am today. Jana Krishnamurthy was a former Union Minister who was a Swayam Sevak from an early age and had a long background of politics as a member of the Bharathiya Jana Sangh, Janata Party, and BJP.

Mrs. Bhagyalakshmi Amma was born and raised in Dharapuram, where she completed her schooling and later worked as a teacher in the same town. Bhagyalakshmi’s father was a well-known lawyer in Dharapuram.

The late Bhagyalakshmi Amma was a teacher, a Carnatic musician, and a patriot. Her close relatives remember her as someone with no pride or arrogance in being the wife of a powerful person of that time.

Since the Jana Sangh era, Jana Krishnamurthy has been a full-time worker of the party. The funds provided by the party to run the family were very limited at the time. But it was Mrs. Bhagyalakshmi who used that meager sum to educate her children and raise the family.

She was admitted at the Mehta Hospital in Chetpet due to ill health and passed away at around 8.30 this morning. She is survived by two sons and three daughters.

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Student writes to Congress MPs about wrongdoings happening in college run by KS Alagiri

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A student from Ramanathapuram district has written to Congress MPs to complain about the atrocities happening in the college run by Tamil Nadu Congress Committee President KS Alagiri.

Hariharasuthan, son of Arumugam from Ramanathapuram district, had enrolled in a six-month diploma programme at the Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Institute of Maritime Science And Engineering (PKIMSE) in Chidambaram, Cuddalore District, which is owned by KS Alagiri.

In his letter addressed to the Congress MPs P.Chidambaram, Karthi Chidambaram, Thirunavukkarasu, Manickam Tagore, Jothimani and others he said, “My parents, who work for a daily wage, struggled for a long time to enrol me in K.S. Alagiri’s College. Since the college lacked adequate facilities, the Directorate of Shipping in Mumbai issued a notice and revoked its licence. Even after license getting revoked, the college collected fees from us and issued invalid certificates.”

When the case was taken to court, the Judge ordered the college to refund 50% of the tuition fee paid by the students, which the management did not honour, the student added.

“If the 50% tuition fees are returned to me immediately, it would be useful in providing for the expenses of my cancer-stricken father,”  Ariharasuthan said in his letter.

He ended by urging congress members to take the matter to Rahul Gandhi and ensure that he receives justice.

(with inputs from Hindu Tamil)

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AAP Rajya Sabha member shares 2015 photos of bodies floating in Ganga as recent one

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The Commune
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Sushil Kumar Gupta, the Rajya Sabha member belonging to Aam Aadmi Party shared on his Facebook an old image of dead bodies floating in Ganga and said that nearly 500 bodies are floating in Buxar, Bihar.

“Nearly 500 bodies have been seen floating in the Ganges river in Buxar and Birpur areas of Bihar, many bodies were wrapped in Corona kits. These bodies, which have accumulated in an area of close to 30 km, are a living example of the insensitivity of both the UP and Bihar governments and there is a huge blemish on the system.” he claimed in his Facebook post.

However, the image was found to be one that was taken in the year 2015.

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RSS and BJP volunteers operationalize defunct BGML hospital in Kolar

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The Commune
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As the number of Wuhan Virus cases rises in Karnataka, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has cleaned the premises of BGML Hospital at Kolara, Karnataka and are very close to operationalizing the hospital as Covid Care Centre that had been closed for the past 20 years.

The BGML hospital is a 140 years old 800 bed hospital that was established by the British and has been left in a dilapidated stage for over 20 years and now it has been refurbished as a Covid care centre.

Leading the initiative was the RSS Swayamsevak supported by the Bhartia Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament from Kolar, Sadappa Muniswamy.

Hundreds of BJP and RSS Swayamsevaks have been working nonstop for the past 15 days to get this defunct hospital ready and have so far removed over 400 tractor load of dirt from the premises.

Many of the volunteers with the background as electricians and mason are working round the clock to get this hospital up to standard and it will be ready in the coming week.

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Fascism in TN: Senior DMK leader threatens to ‘whack’ journalists who criticize party or Stalin government

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The Commune
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Senior DMK leader Constantine Raveendran in an interview has said that journalists who criticize the party or its government would be ‘whacked’ and that they cannot claim freedom of expression in such cases.

In an interview to a YouTube channel, Constantine Raveendran said “We will accept those criticism that are true and justified and the DMK government is ready to correct itself in such cases. The government headed by MK Stalin is very patient and honest. Like him, we are also patient. But if you take our patience for granted, and speak or write whatever you feel like and claim it as ‘freedom of speech and expression’, then ‘whacking’ them is necessary in such cases (shows hand gestures that implies cutting off). They will be whacked for sure. There are no second thoughts about that.”

“For some, they need to be whacked in the tongue and they will be whacked in the tongue. For some their pen tends to go in a different direction while writing about the DMK. Their hands will also be whacked for sure.”, the DMK leader said.

He said that there is a gang that says/publishes anything without proof with the motive of defaming the government or the Chief Minister.

“For them, they would be whacked in their tongues and hands. It won’t be an act against freedom of speech and expression. It is to ensure that they write and say whatever is justified.” Constantine categorically said.

Apparently, this video was shared by the DMK leader himself in a WhatsApp group comprising of reporters of which he is a part of. Many in that group had objected to Constantine’s threats saying that such statements are not befitting of the party and the leader especially at a time like this.

Later he had clarified in the WhatsaApp group saying that it was meant for those criticizing the party on social media and not journalists requesting them to not take it in a wrong way.

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UK based ‘Hindu On Campus’ demand removal of Hinduphobic faculty Abhijit Sarkar from Oxford

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The Commune
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After Rashmi Samant who became the first Indian to have been elected the president of Oxford student union was bullied out by left-liberal students and supported by Hinduphobic faculty, the ‘Hindu On Campus’ collective have sought the removal of Abhijit Sarkar who had made derogatory remarks,. 

Hindu On Campus, a student-led movement for “creating a safe space for diaspora Hindus to share their experiences with Anti-Hindu bigotry and standing together against racism” released a video from its official Twitter handle.

In that video, two Hindu British students made a passionate appeal against the bigoted statements put out by Sarkar. According to them, Sarkar has compromised a safe space for Hindu students on Oxford university campuses and has failed to upheld the values of this prestigious college by making such statements.

Dr Abhijit Sarkar is an Indian origin history lecturer at the Oxford University and spearheaded the Hinduphobic campaign against Rashmi Samant, who on her own ability, character, and academic excellence became the first Indian to have been elected the president of Oxford student union.

However, a few days after her historic victory, a hate campaign was launched against Samant online and the abuse resulted in the resignation of Samant from the Student’s Union and eventually, she had to return to India abandoning her studies at Oxford as the trauma of being bullied was too much for her and was hospitalised due to stress.

Sarkar, a known Hinduphobe led a smear campaign against Sawant with his dehumanising comments. He even proudly boasted of having broken Saraswati idols and has been accused of inciting religious hatred and harassment of Samant.

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Doctor shares heartbreaking visuals of son singing on videocall to his dying mom in corona ICU ward

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The Commune
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The Coronavirus pandemic has increased the number of people who have lost loved ones such as family, relatives and friends. The worst part of this coronavirus disease is that loved ones are in a situation where they are unable to give the victims love, support and courage from the sidelines, even if they are on the verge of death.

On top of that, doctors and nurses have been stretched and are working in a stressful environment on a daily basis.

In light of this, a doctor has shared on Twitter the heart-wrenching tragedy of her experience of working in the Corona ward. Dipshika Ghosh, a doctor working in the emergency department, made a video call from her mobile to the son of a dying patient in the ICU.

Dr Dipshika Ghosh shared in a Twitter thread that said, “Today, towards the end of my shift, I video called the relatives of a patient who is not going to make it. We usually do that in my hospital if it’s something they want. This patient’s son asked for a few minutes of my time. He then sang a song for his dying mother. He sang Tera Mujhse Hai Pehle Ka Nata Koi. I just stood there holding the phone, looking at him looking at his mother and singing. The nurses came over and stood in silence. He broke down in the middle but finished the verse. He asked her vitals, thanked me and hung up.”

The thread continues, “Me and the nurses stood there. We shook our heads, our eyes moist. The nurses went back one by one to their allocated patients and attended to them or the alarms of vents/dialysis units. This song is changed for us, for me at least. This song will always be theirs.”

“After having obtained proper permission, I would like to inform you that the mother’s name is Sangamitra Chatterjee and the son’s name is Soham Chatterjee. My deepest condolences. You, your voice, your quiet dignity, are her legacy,” the thread ended. It is safe to say that this post, which has been shared by thousands on Twitter, has touched the hearts of millions of people.

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