TVK government in Tamil Nadu led by CM Vijay has announced free college tuition for Muslim girls to a ₹100 crore fund for Waqf and Christian properties even as the state's total debt has reached ₹13.18 lakh crore.
The Live Law article headlined, “Can 'Culture' Justify Religious Rituals At State Functions? Constitutional Examination Of Bhumi Pujan Ceremonies” essentially frames Havan, Bhumi Pujan, coconut-breaking, and other such rituals at state events as ‘unconstitutional endorsement of Hinduism, that somehow violates the secularism, freedom of conscience, equality and democratic neutrality.
The case has been registered under Section 3(1)(r)(u) read with Section 4 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, along with Sections 196 and 299 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023.