Aug. 25: DMK leader Vijayakanth will donanother role of MGR picking up an eligble couple from a Chennai slum and sponsoring their marriage. MGR had sponsored a similar wedding in the same slum decades ago. The actor-politician is shifting to higher gear in emulating MGR for political gains.
This slum in Shok Nagar where the wedding is to happen on Wednesday is the area where around 150 dalit families live under thatched roofs. And bridegroom Shiva, 29, an auto-driver and an ardent fan of both MGR and Vijayakanth, is a resident of this slum. “Our captain is the only political leader after MGR to came to this slum to sponsor a cadre’s marriage, and that too at the dridegroom’s residence itself,” says DMDK’s South Chennai district secretary Malar Mannan.
Locals recall that MGR had visited the same slum and sponsored a similar wedding in 1973 aftre launching his AIADMK. “Aftre MGR our Captain is the only leader who is addresssings the problems of dalits. Ours is the only party where there is no separate wing for SC/STs and minorities, in our party,” says Malar Mannan. Earlier, the DMDK cadres were in a jubilant mood celebrating their leader’s 56th birthday organizing variouswelfare programmes throughout the state. Vijayakanth who is in Malaysia for a song shoot for hisongoing film Engal Aasaan is returning on Wednesday.
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