Panneerselvam files complaint against IUML candidate
The IUML candidate in Ramanathapuram and their allies led by the DMK have allegedly fabricated a news report and shared it on the social media and also with a few electronic media, said former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, who is contesting as an Independent, backed by the BJP, here on Thursday.
Speaking to reporters, advocate P. Chandrasekaran said that they have sent the complaint to the Election Commission of India, the Returning Officer and the General Observer here.
The complaint was that a reported speech of the
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been twisted and released as a ‘breaking news’ in some private television channels, which was in poor light against the BJP and their allies.
They demanded action as per the laws and suspected the handiwork of the IUML candidate in Ramanathapuram and the DMK.
They also urged the authorities to stop the screening of the fabricated news again in their channels in the petition.
Meanwhile, the IUML and the DMK campaign managers denied the allegations and maintained that they had nothing to do with the said video clip.
The annual Chithirai festival began with flaghoisting at Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple here on Friday.
Priests performed special pujas and deeparadhan for the deities. Musical instruments were played at the temple bedecked with colourful lights. The lights and colourful paintings at the temple transformed the temple into the festival mode.
A priest at the temple said a ‘Vaasthu Shanti’ puja was conducted on Thursday as a prelude to the flaghoisting event, one of the main events of the 12day festival.
Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan, Collector M.S.
Sangeetha, Mayor V. Indirani Ponvasanth, temple fit person Rukmini Palanivel Rajan and devotees were present at the event.
Security was tightened up as police officers checked the bag storage area and mobile phone lockers. Mobile phones were not allowed inside the temple complex following the ruling by Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court after a fire at the temple’s eastern wing.
The procession of deities on Chithirai streets took place in the evening. The temple administration began booking tickets for the celestial wedding both online and at Birla Vishram near the temple.
The booking will continue till April 13.