TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati on Wednesday did something that he does several times a day, but this time he had politicians sitting up and taking notice.
Lighting a traditional lamp in Chennai, the seer officially launched a party called Tamil Nadu Desiya Aanmiga Makkal Katchi (Tamil Nadu National Spiritual People’s Party), under the aegis of the Kanchi Sankara Math.
The pontiff holds no post in the party. Avadi Ravichandran, a businessman associated with the Math, is designated the founder-leader. The party, for the time being, has no plans to contest elections, but it does have a manifesto: a law banning religious conversions, another one to ban cow slaughter and shifting of administrative powers over temples from government to private organisations.
“This is not merely a party,” Sankaracharya said, showering flowers on the party flag that shows a raised fist on a saffron circle against a red backdrop.
No comments:
Post a Comment