Row erupts at Kanyakumari temple as Tamil Nadu minister opposes Savarkar slogans

Key Highlights

• On Friday, during the Thiru Therottam (chariot procession), Sekar Babu participated in the ceremony and flagged off the event by pulling the chariot. advertisementAs the procession was about to begin, a group of people started chanting slogans such as “Bharat Mata ki Jai” and praising Savarkar.
• Visibly upset, the minister was caught on camera admonishing the group, triggering a political controversy.
• The opposition All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam condemned the minister’s conduct.
• In a post on X, the party said, “The minister of the department that should promote ‘dharma’ behaving ‘rudely’ is the height of rudeness.”Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vinoj P Selvam also criticised the minister, alleging a breakdown of law and order in the state.
• In a post on X, he accused a minister in the DMK government of insulting devotees and claimed that intimidating the public had become the party’s politics. Responding to the controversy, Milk and Dairy Development Minister Mano Thangaraj said the issue was deliberately created by the Bharatiya Janata Party and certain religious groups.