A dispute over lighting a Deepam at Thiruparankundram spirals into legal and political trouble.

xThe raging controversy stirred by a demand for lighting Karthigai Deepam at a stone pillar on the sacred Thiruparankundram Hill and the subsequent actions taken by the state government to avert what it perceived as a potential law and order problem have together only disrupted tranquility. Since the episode has now led to the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court summoning state chief secretary and additional general of police (law and order) to appear before it on December 17, it looks that the government has tied itself up in knots.

Though the DMK managed to mobilise over 100 Opposition MPs to give a notice to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla for moving an impeachment motion against Justice G.R.

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