Chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for paving the way for the conduct of jallikattu (bull taming) in different parts of Tamil Nadu during Pongal. The chief minister said she was happy to learn that the Union ministry of environment, forests and climate change issued a notification on Thursday giving permission to conduct jallikattu.
“I am very grateful to you for your prompt response in the matter, which has enabled the conduct of jallikattu, a sport which upholds traditional cultural values and traditions of Tamil Nadu, and has great historical significance,” she said in her letter.
If Tamil Nadu can be given permission to conduct ‘Jalikattu’, then why cannot Andhra also be allowed to hold its cock-fights which is also a traditional affair in our part of the country? It is this favoritism which is maddening.
Jayalalaitha is not part of the NDA but she is getting a far better response from Naidu than Chandrababu Naidu. That Modi was even prepared to have an ordinance issued for Jalikattu shows the different levels of respect, Modi has for Naidu and Jayalalitha.