SC Issues Notice To Tamil Nadu Govt On Ram Mandir Live Telecast Ban

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Tamil Nadu government and others on a plea filed against the State's oral order by which it has allegedly banned live telecast of the "Pran Prathishta" of Lord Ram at Ayodhya in the temples across Tamil Nadu.

The plea was filed in the apex court by BJP worker Vinoj, accusing the Tamil Nadu government of banning live telecast of the "Pran Prathishta" of Lord Ram.

The government has also banned all kinds of poojas, Archana and Annadanam (poor feeding) bhajans on the occasion and such arbitrary exercise of power by the State government (through police officials) per se violates fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution, the plea claimed.

However, the Tamil Nadu government told Supreme Court that there are no such restrictions and there is no ban on the live telecast, performance of 'poojas', 'archanas', 'annadanam', 'bhajans' on the occasion of "Pran Prathishta" of Lord Ram at Ayodhya today and the plea is just politically motivated.

The petitioner's advocate Dama Seshadri Naidu said, "A political party hates religion. That party comes to power. Now it wants the government also to hate religion."