The structure erected at the renovated MGR memorial is not the AIADMK’s party symbol, the state government told the Madras high court. “It is not the two leaves symbol allotted to the party by the election commission,” said advocate-general A Navaneethakrishnan.
The matter relates to a writ petition filed by DMK legal wing secretary R S Bharathi, taking exception to the political symbol being built with public money.
When the case was taken up for hearing by Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar, senior counsel R Viduthalai said, “It is atrocious to claim that it is not two leaves symbol. A layman would be able to tell that it is indeed two leaves, which is the symbol of the AIADMK.”
When advocate-general Navaneethakrishnan said it was actually the wing of the Pegasus, a mythological winged horse, the judge said that did not appear to be the case because the leaves, on a stem-like structure, is separate from the Pegasus statue.
Earlier, Navaneethakrishnan referred to a golden jubilee arch built at the Koyambedu bus terminus during the DMK regime, and said it was still has the name ‘Kalaignar’, referring to the DMK president and former chief minister M Karunanidhi.
Viduthalai, however, said several government facilities are named after political leaders, and added that the film institute was known as JJ Film Institute earlier, and was later renamed MGR Film Institute. He said the Supreme Court had rapped the former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati, over installing scores of statues of elephants at public expense. The elephant is the symbol of the BSP.
Justice Paul Vasanthakumar issued a notice to the government, directing it to file its reply in eight weeks.
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