Fisher’s body brought to Kottaipattinam
The Hindu
Residents pay homage to Rajkiran; some raise slogans against Sri Lankan Navy
A pall of gloom descended on Kottaipattinam, a remote coastal hamlet, as the body of Rajkiran, 30, was on Saturday brought home from Sri Lanka. He drowned in the sea after a Sri Lankan Naval vessel intercepted and collided with the boat he was on while fishing.
When a mechanised boat with the coffin with Rajkiran’s remains reached the shore, a large number of fisherfolk rushed to the boat to have a glimpse of him.
Fisherfolk, mainly women, came in large numbers to pay homage. Rasu, father of Rajkiran, Aravalli, his mother and Brinda, 25, his wife, were inconsolable on seeing the body. Ms. Brinda got married to him only 40 days ago.
Senior BJP leader and former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Saturday (November 23, 2024) said the landslide victory of the Mahayuti alliance in the Maharashtra Assembly election was historic, and that it reflected people’s mindset across the country. She added that the DMK would be unseated from power in the 2026 Assembly election in Tamil Nadu and that the BJP would be the reason for it.