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A matter of buns puts BJP in a pickle

Cream buns sold at Coimbatore’s Annapoorna outlets in Coimbatore on September 14, 2024. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Eight months ago, there was a controversy in Tamil Nadu over a film called Annapoorani. It shows the protagonist, a Brahmin woman, going against her beliefs in order to become a top chef in India. In one scene, she learns how to prepare a meat dish. Several right-wing groups claimed that the scene “hurt” the religious sentiments of the Hindu community, especially Brahmins.Over the past week, a new controversy grabbed headlines in the State, this time over Annapoorna, a popular chain of vegetarian restaurants, known as the ‘pride of Coimbatore’. This too was centred around food. On September 11, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visited Coimbatore to attend a couple of e...
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ED action on T.N. Minister Senthilbalaji as per Supreme Court direction: BJP MLA Vanathi

The BJP had been at the forefront to “expose” the alleged corruption of the DMK Government in Tamil Nadu, said party MLA Vanathi Srinivasan. File | Photo Credit: M. Vedhan BJP MLA from Coimbatore South and the national president of the party’s Mahila Morcha (women’s wing) Vanathi Srinivasan said that the BJP as a political party had no role as far as the arrest of Tamil Nadu Minister Senthilbalaji by the Enforcement Directorate was concerned. Speaking to The Hindu, Ms. Srinivasan said the investigation of the alleged cash-for-jobs scam was driven by the Supreme Court. “The Supreme Court allowed the police and ED probe into the case and these agencies are working independently. If at all the political parties like DMK and its supporters are aggrieved, they have recourse to the law,” she sai...