A picture has gone viral on social media in which a garbage collecting vehicle of the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) can be seen having a logo with a cross.
This is the regular garbage truck that can be found in Chennai Roads. But recently the logo has been changed. What is the motive behind this ? Is DMK trying to Christianise Tamil Nadu ? pic.twitter.com/Y9ngNJmb0q
— Pradeep Gunasekaran (@AskPradeepG) August 8, 2021
This vehicle was reportedly spotted by a resident of Kilpauk on Sunday (August 8) morning. The logo painted on the garbage collection truck of the GCC shows a cross placed on a pedestal with a flag on the top and dot at the intersection of the cross. Two incomplete circle encloses the cross denoting the letters C in ‘Chennai’ and ‘Corporation’.
This image has caused a stir on social media with many alleging that the DMK government in Tamil Nadu is trying to Christianize Tamil Nadu to satisfy its core vote bank who voted en masse for the DMK.
The allegation comes in the light of the government making a number of controversial appointments. Recently, a Christian priest named Father Maria as a member of the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission who is also an open Maoist symapthizer. Mariasusai is the Rector of Janodaya Salesian College at The Retreat, Yercaud, and is a Christian priest of the Salesian order. Father Mariasusai has an extremely controversial past as he allegedly had a close relationship with recently deceased ‘Urban Naxal’ and fellow Christian priest Stanislaus Lourduswamy, aka Stan Swamy.
In another controversial appointment, the DMK government headed by MK Stalin appointed Dindigual Leoni as the head of the Tamil Nadu Textbook & Educational Services Corporation who is also a Christian.
Hence, it is in this light that netizens have raised concerns about the DMK government trying to ‘Christianize Tamil Nadu’. Here are some reactions on social media.
They took money from the missionaries for elections. There was some news doing the rounds that they had taken 300 crores from paul dinakaran. Now they have to pay back their masters.
— Avantika (@avantika213) August 8, 2021
xtians vote en made to DMK.. sooner or latter these things are bound to happen , we saw Stalin for Stan Swamy’s prayer meeting . What more proof is needed ?
— Sriram P (@sriramcbe) August 8, 2021
Sorry to say this: maybe they want to show us the trash and the logo have many commonalities. https://t.co/DvbXS3zjHQ
— UN (@UshaNirmala) August 8, 2021
மதமாற்றம் பல இன்னல்களை ஏற்படுத்தும் என்பதை தமிழக மக்கள் உணர்ந்ததாக தெரிய வில்லை https://t.co/9humkJwvT0
— Kkg (@Kkg2604) August 8, 2021
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