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  • Gruel-biriyani war `weaves' a tale from Sellur to Rashtrapathi Bhavan

    08/17/2002 11:54:18 AM PDT · by dighton · 13 replies · 457+ views
    newindpress.com ^ | 08/17/2002
    MADURAI: For once, starving weavers in the State seemed to have enjoyed the limelight: They had the choice of satiating their appetite with either gruel or biriyani, offered by the two `warring' political parties. But, the `grueling' politics associated with the `kanji thotti' and biriyani distribution functions have certainly put the Madurai police in the soup.To make matters worse, the cops have had to contend with the violence that `broke out' between DMK and AIADMK functionaries in Sellur. And now, they have to bear the repercussions arising out of their actions in lathicharging and later arresting the DMK men. The...