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A longstanding battle over “secular” vs “Brahminical” control of Tamil Nadu’s temples, currently being fought between the ruling DMK and the Sangh parivar, has heated up with finance minister Palanivel Thiagarajan calling celebrity yoga practitioner Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev a “publicity hound”.
The MIT-educated technocrat turned politician, known popularly as PTR, also alleged irregularities in the way the Coimbatore-based Sadhguru’s Isha Foundation had constructed buildings on forestland. His comments prompted the foundation to deplore the “un-parliamentary and uncalled for personal attack”.
Sadhguru is widely seen as a supporter of many of the policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had in December 2019 approvingly tweeted a video showing Sadhguru chiding the critics of the new citizenship regime.
EVR Periyar Salai or Grand Western Trunk Road? Chennai road name board sparks controversy
When contacted, an official from the State Highways department said that records had always shown the road s name as Grand Western Trunk Road.
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CHENNAI: Is it EVR Periyar Salai or the Grand Western Trunk Road? A board put up by the Highways department near the Chennai Central Metro station mentioning the latter rather than the former has sparked a controversy with opposition parties slamming the move.
The road, previously known as Poonamalle High Road, was renamed EVR Periyar Salai in 1979 by then Chief Minister M G Ramachandran during the Periyar centenary celebrations.
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CHENNAI: V Anaimuthu, a close associate of Periyar EV Ramasamy, founder-general secretary of Marxist Periyarist Communist Party (MPCP) and one of the significant crusaders for reservation for Backward Classes in India, died on Tuesday at a private hospital in Puducherry where he was undergoing treatment for age-related ailments. He was 96 years old.
Anaimuthu was born on June 21, 1925, at Murukkangudi village near Perambalur. He was attracted towards the ideals of Periyar at the age of 19 and his association with Ramasamy continued till the Dravidian leader s demise in 1973.
Walajah Vallavan, secretary of the MPCP, Chennai district, who worked with Anaimuthu for around four decades, shared thoughts on the late leader. Anaimuthu was an expert in Marxism and Periyarism. He brought together both ideologies into what he termed Marxist Periyarism . After that, all progressive outfits started speaking about this ideology, Vallavan said.
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