Murugan said," The nation is celebrating the Pongal festival. We are very honoured that our Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, came here and celebrated the Pongal with the Delhi Tamil people... He himself did the rituals of the Pongal Pooja... "
Murugan's remarks come after the Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer announced on Friday that the EC has dropped the names of 97.37 lakh voters from the draft electoral rolls at the end of the first phase of SIR in the state.
Murugan's comments came after Rahul Gandhi paid homage to Dr BR Ambedkar on 'Mahaparinirvan Diwas' at Parliament, where he said, "The Constitution of every Indian is under threat and we protect it, the citizens protect it."
Bokaro (Jharkhand) [India], Mar 9 (ANI): Two persons were arrested for allegedly possessing 25 boxes of gelatin sticks and around 5,000 electronic detonators from Nawadih village in Jharkhand's Bokaro district on Saturday.