Minister warns of action against Sarkar
NOVEMBER 08, 2018 00:00 IST
Kadambur C. Raju
The Minister contended that a few scenes in the film disparaged the government and its policies by showing broken-down freebies being taken in carts.
“The Censor Board, functioning with the members appointed by the Union government, should have taken note of this while issuing the certificate [for the film],” he said.
Mr. Raju alleged that since the film was produced by Sun Pictures — owned by Kalanithi Maran, a close relative of DMK president M.K. Stalin — it was made with a political motive, and added that the people will find it unacceptable.
Poll preparations
The Minister took part in a party meeting at Chinthalakkarai to review the preparations for the impending bypoll to the Vilathikulam constituency. He said that bypolls would be held in 18 Assembly segments, which had lost their MLAs owing to disqualification, and in two other constituencies — Thiruvarur and Tirupparankundram — owing to the demise of their respective MLAs. Elections in these segments could be held along with, or separate from, the parliamentary polls in 2019, he said.
The AIADMK was ready to face the polls, and the party had already begun preparing for them by appointing polling station agents following a meeting at the party headquarters. Ministers had been appointed as in-charges of bypoll-bound Assembly segments, the Minister said. Before November 15, six AIADMK cadre would be posted for canvassing the votes.
“Since the AIADMK was founded by the late M.G. Ramachandran, the party has registered a resounding victory in Ottapidaram on seven out of 10 occasions, while Vilathikulam has elected an AIADMK candidate on eight out of 10 occasions. So, we will retain these segments with a huge margin of over a lakh votes,” the Minister said.
Meanwhile, Law Minister C.Ve. Shanmugam hit out at the makers of the film, saying government schemes had been criticised in a manner that would amount to instigating the people to resort to violence. The film reportedly had scenes where freebies were set on fire.
Villain’s name
Mr. Shanmugam said that, in his view, the actor, producer and theatres screening the film had to face prosecution.
Higher Education Minister K.P. Anbalagam objected to scenes deriding freebies, saying people had benefited from such schemes.
A section of AIADMK leaders also objected to the female villain character in the film being given the name Komalavalli — the maiden name of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.
NOVEMBER 08, 2018 00:00 IST
Kadambur C. Raju
The Minister contended that a few scenes in the film disparaged the government and its policies by showing broken-down freebies being taken in carts.
“The Censor Board, functioning with the members appointed by the Union government, should have taken note of this while issuing the certificate [for the film],” he said.
Mr. Raju alleged that since the film was produced by Sun Pictures — owned by Kalanithi Maran, a close relative of DMK president M.K. Stalin — it was made with a political motive, and added that the people will find it unacceptable.
Poll preparations
The Minister took part in a party meeting at Chinthalakkarai to review the preparations for the impending bypoll to the Vilathikulam constituency. He said that bypolls would be held in 18 Assembly segments, which had lost their MLAs owing to disqualification, and in two other constituencies — Thiruvarur and Tirupparankundram — owing to the demise of their respective MLAs. Elections in these segments could be held along with, or separate from, the parliamentary polls in 2019, he said.
The AIADMK was ready to face the polls, and the party had already begun preparing for them by appointing polling station agents following a meeting at the party headquarters. Ministers had been appointed as in-charges of bypoll-bound Assembly segments, the Minister said. Before November 15, six AIADMK cadre would be posted for canvassing the votes.
“Since the AIADMK was founded by the late M.G. Ramachandran, the party has registered a resounding victory in Ottapidaram on seven out of 10 occasions, while Vilathikulam has elected an AIADMK candidate on eight out of 10 occasions. So, we will retain these segments with a huge margin of over a lakh votes,” the Minister said.
Meanwhile, Law Minister C.Ve. Shanmugam hit out at the makers of the film, saying government schemes had been criticised in a manner that would amount to instigating the people to resort to violence. The film reportedly had scenes where freebies were set on fire.
Villain’s name
Mr. Shanmugam said that, in his view, the actor, producer and theatres screening the film had to face prosecution.
Higher Education Minister K.P. Anbalagam objected to scenes deriding freebies, saying people had benefited from such schemes.
A section of AIADMK leaders also objected to the female villain character in the film being given the name Komalavalli — the maiden name of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.
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