The affair between DMK and Biryani seems to be giving a tough to all eternal love classics. Earlier in August 2018, Yuvraj, a DMK youth wing secretary and another party member named Dhivakar thrashed a hotel staff after he refused to give them free biryani. The incident gained national level coverage and DMK chief MK Stalin personally came to down to the hotel to apologize for his party men’s behaviour.
Exactly two years later, the party now finds itself in yet another biryani related incident. A biryani outlet in Karur was vandalized by a DMK office bearer after he was refused biryani as there was nothing left.
Krishnan (39), hailing from Indhiranagar in Gandhigramam, south of Karur runs ‘Karur Biryani Centre’ in the same area. Business was done for the day and Krishnan was closing his shop when DMK office bearer Karthikeyan (32) belonging to the same area came in an inebriated state and asked for biryani. Krishnan told him that the shop was closed and there was no biryani left and left the spot. However, Karthikeyan went home and came back with his brother and vandalized the shop. They threw stones on the shutter, broke the tubelight, chicken grill, CCTV camera and other items kept outside. The act was caught in an adjacent CCTV camera.
Following the incident, the hashtag #திருட்டு_திமுக (Theft DMK) #ஓசிபிரியாணிதிமுக (Free Biryani DMK) started doing the rounds on social media along with funny memes.