On Saturday (July 10), Tamil daily Dinamalar had published an article in the front page in which it was reported that the Central Government was mulling over the idea of creating a Kongu Naadu because of the DMK government’s deliberate provocative activities like referring the Indian Government as ‘Union Government’ and disrespecting Jai Hind.
This follows after the profiles of Ministers released through the official handles of the BJP and other government portals like MyGov showed Dr. L. Murugan identifying himself as hailing from Kongu Naadu.
The Dinamalar article created a storm with social media abuzz with the hashtag #KonguNadu trending nationwide on Twitter. The demand for a separate state of Kongu Naadu found both supporters and naysayers with the former saying that that the Kongu region is being unduly discriminated especially by the DMK in terms of fund allocation and development of the region despite contributing a major share of revenue to the state. It is worth mentioning that the DMK was completely routed in the region
In order to counter the narrative, sympathizers of the DMK with the bio ‘Belongs to Dravidian Stock’, ‘Dravidian’, ‘Periyarists’ and Communists have been spewing hatred against the people of Kongu with the abusive hashtag #கொங்குநாடாவது_மயிராவது.
Here are some of the tweets:
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