Madurai’s biryani sellers dismayed this election season
As the campaigning for the 2021 Tamil Nadu state assembly elections picks up pace, eateries selling biryani in the city of Madurai remain disappointed.
Typically, the city’s restaurants and roadside eateries see a spurt in orders for biryani during the election season. However, this time around, the orders are simply not there.
Raja Mohamad, a biryani shop owner in the city, said that during polls, they usually get orders for 200 to 300 plates for biryani. He is yet to receive any orders this year, he said.
“Political parties generally buy biryani as lunch for their workers who campaign for the elections in the area. They place orders for 200 to 300 plates of biryani daily from the opening days of the campaign to the counting day”, he said.
“But no biryani orders have been received for this election so far”, he added.
“We are disappointed as many local stores rely on the elections for a boost in business”, he said.
The elections for the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly are scheduled to be held in a single phase on April 6. The counting of the votes will be done on May 2.
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“Ammayi would have forgiven A Raja’s comment instead of getting triggered”: EPS’s relatives on A Raja’s comment
Recently, DMK’s Deputy General Secretary and former Union Minister A. Raja campaigned in support of DMK candidate Ezhilan in the Thousand Lights constituency in Chennai. Speaking during one such campaign meeting, he said that MK Stalin, who had worked as a grassroots volunteer in the party and rose to become the Chief Ministerial candidate, was a golden child born from a healthy relationship, while the present Tamilnadu CM was born illegitimately.
In the aftermath of this incident, several people in many parts of Tamil Nadu have been condemning the DMK’s third-rate speech that portrayed the CM in a derogatory manner.
In light of the same, the elders of Edappadi, which is the birthplace of the CM said, “After the death of her husband, the mother of the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Edappadi, who loved the fields and agriculture, Thavusayammal. She kept reminding him not to forget his roots, which was farming, even after he became a politician.”
“If Ammayi (EPS’ mother) had been alive, she would have not gotten angry upon hearing A Raja’s comments. Instead, she would have forgiven him saying, if that’s what gives that man happiness, let him scold me,” they added. They went on to say that even when his political opponents had set off firecrackers outside her house to celebrate EPS’ defeat in 2006, she had told the people in her house not to interfere with the joy of others, and concluded that such was the good nature of his mother, which a third-rated person like A Raja would never know about or understand.
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