DMK Veteran Durai Murugan Faces Party Backlash Over Granddaughter’s Brahmin-Led Wedding

Brahminical Veda mantras for a political high wattage wedding hit the high decibels. DMK ultras are now demanding veteran leader Durai Murugan resign from the party for his ideological compromise in conducting grand-daughter Senthamarai’ marriage. She is the daughter of Kadhir Anand, Durai Murugan’s son and high-profile MP from Vellore. After the passing of Anna, Kalaignar and Anbazhagan, Durai Murugan was seen as Stalin’s conscience-keeper and guiding force. Of late, the incidents of both not concurring on issues are evident. Yet Stalin publicly shows respect. On November 1, one of Chennai’s best known mandaps showcased a lavish wedding …even the feast was curated according to global and Indian menus …labelled according to regions. But what irked the predominant DMK crowd was the presence of a posse of Brahmin priests conducting the holy ceremony. The guests of honour, Stalin and wife Durga, whose pictures adorned even the invites. Hypocrisy runs high in such parties …as the Hindi heartland proverb goes “Haathi ke daant khane ke ek, dikhane ke aur”. The party monolith and its schmaltzy sycophants are now demanding Durai Murugans ouster for ideological compromise. When Durga Stalin as the CM’s wife and first lady visited several temples and accepted Poorna khumbam from temple priests, the same coterie kept silent. Durai Murugan has reaped every benefit of power …he is not going to wilt under pressure of sycophants. A lavish wedding by a well-known political family …conducted according to their wish.