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Minister for Muzrai Kota Srinivasa Poojary on Wednesday instructed the Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Department not to allocate its ‘tasdik’ grants to religious institutions of any other religions except those belonging to the Hindu religion.
An official statement issued here quoting the Minister said he had instructed the department to withhold such ‘tasdik’ grants allocated to the institutions of other religions.
The step has been taken following objections to such allocations by the Hindu religious leaders, the Minister said.
Mr. Poojary, who is also the Minister for Backward Classes Welfare and in charge of Dakshina Kannada, said the respective other departments would be instructed to release grants to religious institutions of other religions under their jurisdiction.
Tamil Nadu Minister PK Sekar Babu took a dig at North Indian residents in Chennai, saying they did not vote for the DMK in the 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls.
Tamil Nadu Minister PK Sekar Babu ticks off north Indian residents, says they didn t vote for DMK
PK Sekar Babu said over the years, including the 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, north Indian residents have not voted for the DMK.
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CHENNAI: Taking a dig at north Indian residents here, Minister PK Sekar Babu on Wednesday said over the years, including the 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, they have not voted for the DMK.
The party s elected representatives, however, have worked for them and would continue to do so as it considered them as one among us, he said.
Taking a dig at north Indian residents, Minister P K Sekar Babu on Wednesday said over the years, including the 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, they have not voted for the DMK.