Every year, the Pongal gift package that is provided to poor people, works out to be beneficial for them, and helps in igniting the festive spirit. This year, the DMK govt has given a package of 20 food items to all Rice and Family card holders. Across Tamil Nadu, there have been many complaints about the poor quality of items provided by the DMK government as part of Pongal package.
One such complaint came from the Thiruvarur district. In one of the two packets provided at the Sri Subramania Swamy, Fair Price Shop near Thiruthani, the tamarind packet had a dead lizard on it. This incident has stirred up quite the controversy in Tamil Nadu. On the grounds that he has ‘defamed the Tamil Nadu Government’ the DMK government has filed a case against the person who had complained.
Netizens have crtiticised this move by asking whether anybody and everybody who raises a complaint about something the government has done or provided, will be penalised. “How is it fair to register a case against someone who put forth a genuine concern,” some have asked.
(With inputs from Kathir News)
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