The Tamil Nadu government and Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) P.K. Sekarbabu on Sunday rejected Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s charges that the State had imposed a ban on special pujas in temples on Monday, the day of the consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple at Ayodhya.
In a release, the government said it would initiate legal action against a Tamil daily whose report claiming about such a ban was cited by Ms. Sitharaman in a social media post. Dubbing the report as “fake news”, the government accused the daily of publishing the matter to “create confusion among the people and develop hatred against the government.” It said the report was published “intentionally with ulterior motive”.
