Is Rajini an engineer, asks minister Jayakumar
D.Govardan @timesgroup.com
Chennai: Actor Rajinikanth, who was hesitating for decades to take the political plunge, would have got his first lessons by now on how dirty politics can be.
On Friday, fisheries minister D Jayakumar chided the superstar, wondering whether he was an engineer who could detect faults in the system. Jayakumar was reacting to Rajini’s comments on Thursday that “the system has to be set right in Tamil Nadu”.
While Rajini was referring to the political system in the state, which he alleged had become corrupt, Jayakumar gave it a spin to poke fun at the actor.
Social media has been agog with memes making fun of Rajinikanth’s reference to “the system”.
Jayakumar was talking to the media on Friday. “Let him clarify on what he means by ‘system not right’ and highlight the issues that are not right. We will set them right,” he said. On Thursday, Rajini himself was responding to a question from on whether the system was not right in the state or at the Centre?
“If Rajinikanth is so keen tosetthesystem right, let him first visit Karnataka, which is refusing to release Cauvery water, and set the system right over there and get them to release Cauvery water,” Jayakumar said.
The minister’s intention is to drag Rajini into the Cauvery row, which he has been cautiously avoiding all these years as he started his career in Bengaluru as a bus conductor. The two neighbouring stateshave been fighting over sharing of Cauvery water and the Supreme Court is expected to deliver the verdict any time.
Jayakumar continued, asking the actor what he meant by ‘spiritual politics’. “Is he propagating religion-based politics?” the minister asked, before stressing that the AIADMK believed in secular politics, and followed the path of Anna (C N Annadurai).
The actor’s talk about ‘spiritual politics’ in his address to his fans on December 31 in Chennai, in which he announced his entry into politics, had set tongues wagging in political circles. But Rajinikanth had clarified then that by ‘spiritual politics’ he meant politics that was above “caste, creed and religion”.
AIADMK continues shedding partymen, 500 this time, including two ex-mins
Chennai/ Cuddalore: The AIADMK continued its expulsion spree on Friday, removing more than 500 functionaries, including former ministers G Senthamizhan and Parithi Ilamvazhuthi in Chennai (south) and Cuddalore (west) from the primary membership on charges of resorting to anti-party activities.
Convener O Pannerselvam and coordinator Edappadi K Palaniswami in a joint statement said it was decided to sack them for acting against the party’s policies and principles, for tarnishing its image and and bringing it disrepute. They directed the party workers to sever ties with the sacked men.
The party on Tuesday had removed more than 200 functionaries on similar charges. The EPS-OPS camp after successfully retaining the party’s name, symbol and flag, has been expelling Sasi-TTV loyalists to consolidate their supremacy over the party. TNN
D.Govardan @timesgroup.com
Chennai: Actor Rajinikanth, who was hesitating for decades to take the political plunge, would have got his first lessons by now on how dirty politics can be.
On Friday, fisheries minister D Jayakumar chided the superstar, wondering whether he was an engineer who could detect faults in the system. Jayakumar was reacting to Rajini’s comments on Thursday that “the system has to be set right in Tamil Nadu”.
While Rajini was referring to the political system in the state, which he alleged had become corrupt, Jayakumar gave it a spin to poke fun at the actor.
Social media has been agog with memes making fun of Rajinikanth’s reference to “the system”.
Jayakumar was talking to the media on Friday. “Let him clarify on what he means by ‘system not right’ and highlight the issues that are not right. We will set them right,” he said. On Thursday, Rajini himself was responding to a question from on whether the system was not right in the state or at the Centre?
“If Rajinikanth is so keen tosetthesystem right, let him first visit Karnataka, which is refusing to release Cauvery water, and set the system right over there and get them to release Cauvery water,” Jayakumar said.
The minister’s intention is to drag Rajini into the Cauvery row, which he has been cautiously avoiding all these years as he started his career in Bengaluru as a bus conductor. The two neighbouring stateshave been fighting over sharing of Cauvery water and the Supreme Court is expected to deliver the verdict any time.
Jayakumar continued, asking the actor what he meant by ‘spiritual politics’. “Is he propagating religion-based politics?” the minister asked, before stressing that the AIADMK believed in secular politics, and followed the path of Anna (C N Annadurai).
The actor’s talk about ‘spiritual politics’ in his address to his fans on December 31 in Chennai, in which he announced his entry into politics, had set tongues wagging in political circles. But Rajinikanth had clarified then that by ‘spiritual politics’ he meant politics that was above “caste, creed and religion”.
AIADMK continues shedding partymen, 500 this time, including two ex-mins
Chennai/ Cuddalore: The AIADMK continued its expulsion spree on Friday, removing more than 500 functionaries, including former ministers G Senthamizhan and Parithi Ilamvazhuthi in Chennai (south) and Cuddalore (west) from the primary membership on charges of resorting to anti-party activities.
Convener O Pannerselvam and coordinator Edappadi K Palaniswami in a joint statement said it was decided to sack them for acting against the party’s policies and principles, for tarnishing its image and and bringing it disrepute. They directed the party workers to sever ties with the sacked men.
The party on Tuesday had removed more than 200 functionaries on similar charges. The EPS-OPS camp after successfully retaining the party’s name, symbol and flag, has been expelling Sasi-TTV loyalists to consolidate their supremacy over the party. TNN
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