The DMK on Monday questioned the erection of banners with images of Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami, Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam and other local ministers in their respective districts and ruling party MLAs in huge numbers near ‘Fair Price Shops’ through which the ‘Pongal cash gift’ of ₹2,500 was being distributed to the public across Tamil Nadu.
DMK organisation secretary R.S. Bharathi wrote to Chief Secretary, Home Secretary, Secretary to Co-Operation, Food and Consumer Protection Department, Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation and Registrar of Co-Operative Societies, flagging the issue.
“What cannot be done directly, cannot be done indirectly also. But, in violation of the said settled legal principle, the ruling AIADMK party is indulging in such activities to nullify the order of the Honourable High Court,” he said.
The letter mentioned that the State Government had earlier given an undertaking that ‘tokens issued by the…