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However, leaders of both DMK and AIADMK, including present and past ministers, desist from entering the Kamaraj Illam in Virudhunagar, the ancestral house of the leader, which has been turned into a memorial.
The unwillingness stems from the belief that entering the memorial would lead to loss of political office. “They garland his statues elsewhere in the town, but not in the memorial even on his birth anniversary,” a Congress leader says, on condition of anonymity.
According to records, since 2012, none of the leaders from these two major Dravidian parties has visited the memorial. In fact, MDMK founder-leader Vaiko announced in 2014 that he would break the jinx of losing the election by visiting the great leader’s memorial. Before he went on a procession from the town to file his nomination for Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency, he garlanded the bust at Kamaraj Illam. “I will prove this sentiment wrong by winning this election,” he said while addressing voters of the town. However, he lost.
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/a-memorial-steeped-in-superstition/article8598240.ece
However, leaders of both DMK and AIADMK, including present and past ministers, desist from entering the Kamaraj Illam in Virudhunagar, the ancestral house of the leader, which has been turned into a memorial.
The unwillingness stems from the belief that entering the memorial would lead to loss of political office. “They garland his statues elsewhere in the town, but not in the memorial even on his birth anniversary,” a Congress leader says, on condition of anonymity.
According to records, since 2012, none of the leaders from these two major Dravidian parties has visited the memorial. In fact, MDMK founder-leader Vaiko announced in 2014 that he would break the jinx of losing the election by visiting the great leader’s memorial. Before he went on a procession from the town to file his nomination for Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency, he garlanded the bust at Kamaraj Illam. “I will prove this sentiment wrong by winning this election,” he said while addressing voters of the town. However, he lost.
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/a-memorial-steeped-in-superstition/article8598240.ece
