DMK Cadres’ Biryani Obsession: Tiruvallur Membership Meeting Disrupted Over Missing Chicken Pieces

The obsession with chicken biryani among DMK cadres seems unending. Recently, at a DMK General Membership Meeting held in Tiruvallur, a DMK member launched into a heated argument and used harsh language against the suppliers and the function managers for biryani served without ‘piece’.

The incident happened in Tiruvallur, and the meeting was organized by East District DMK Gummidipoondi at a private hall in Thachur. T. J. Govindrajan, the Gummidipoondi MLA and Tiruvallur East District DMK Secretary, chaired the session, which was attended by several district councillors and chairpersons. R. S. Bharathi, the DMK’s organizing secretary, was the chief guest.

Over 5,000 people attended the meeting, and a non-vegetarian feast was planned to accommodate everyone. However, following the event, DMK union representative and cooperative credit union manager Yuvraj entered into a fight that the biryani served lacked chicken pieces. The words quickly escalated into a heated confrontation, with inappropriate language exchanged and physical pushing occurring among those involved.

This incident has become fodder for online trolls by opposition parties, who mockingly suggest that whenever biryani is served, a DMK member will inevitably cause a fuss over the chicken pieces.

This criticism is backed by a history of disputes involving DMK functionaries and cadres over missing chicken pieces in their biryani. Here is a list of such incidents:

• In 2023, DMK cadre Ajith Kumar and his associates destroyed a hotel in Tambaram after being refused free chicken fried rice, attacking the owner and staff, and causing significant damage.
• In 2020, DMK office bearer Karthikeyan, after being refused biryani by Krishnan, the owner of ‘Karur Biryani Centre,’ due to the shop being closed, returned with his brother to vandalize the establishment. They caused significant damage by throwing stones and breaking equipment, an act captured on a nearby CCTV camera.
• 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.

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