The former chief minister and AIADMK leader met Dharmapura Adhinyam, expressing support for the age-old practices.
The former chief minister and AIADMK leader met Dharmapura Adhinyam, expressing support for the age-old practices.
Former Chief Minister and AIADMK co-coordinator Edappadi K Palanswamy met the 27th Gurumahasannidhanam. Dharmapuram Mutt Sri Masilamani Desika Ganasambanda Paramacharya Swamigal on Friday expressed his party’s support to the seer “to continue with the old religious practices”.
Palaniswami, a recipient of the ‘Purnakumbham’ award, later told media persons that the state government’s interference in the ‘Pattina Pravesam’ ritual practiced in the Math for the last 500 years was condemnable. ,
Asked to comment on the government’s talk of an alternative plan for ‘Pattina Pravesam’ next year, Mr Palaniswami quipped: “Let’s see if the government goes on till then.”
He alleged that the DMK government was only under Chief Minister K. Wanted for the prosperity of Stalin’s family, not the people.
Criticizing the early release of water from the Mettur dam this year, he said the desilting work in the tail-end areas was still incomplete.
He said that the method of procurement of paddy through direct procurement centers was flawed.
He refused to answer a question on the possibility of re-entry of late Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s aide VK Sasikala and her nephew and Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam general secretary TTV Dinakaran into the AIADMK.