THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS 7-4-2011 PAGE 3
IT is evident that the Madurai-Ramnad Diocese has an axe to grind as the Bishop and his men have gone out of their way to meet both Karunanidhi and Jayalalitha pledging their unequivocal support to both the rival parties.
It is ironical that CSI Bishop for Madurai-Ramnad Christopher Asir paid a visit to Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi who arrived here on Wednesday, while just two days ago his men (about 25 church Pastors under his ‘control’) and his son Joel Sam Asir (a CSI school teacher – how can the school allow him to join a political party?), met J.Jayalalitha pledging their support to AIADMK (in that meeting bishop’s son Joel told the AIADMK chief J.J that he along with 3000 youths belonging to youth christian movement are joining her party).
According to the reports published in the vernacular dailies, the Diocesan office-bearers and Joel visited Jayalalitha and expressed their solidarity with the leader.
According to sources, on Tuesday, there was a diocese meeting which was presided by its youth wing president Joel Sam Asir (bishop’s son) . In the meeting, it was debated that though they had supported the DMK regime for the last 7 years not much was done (to them by the DMK government), including resolving the American College issue in their favour.
As Jayalalitha had promised to look into their demands, they have decided to work for the AIADMK in all the 16 districts coming under Madurai-Ramnad diocese.
IT is evident that the Madurai-Ramnad Diocese has an axe to grind as the Bishop and his men have gone out of their way to meet both Karunanidhi and Jayalalitha pledging their unequivocal support to both the rival parties.
It is ironical that CSI Bishop for Madurai-Ramnad Christopher Asir paid a visit to Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi who arrived here on Wednesday, while just two days ago his men (about 25 church Pastors under his ‘control’) and his son Joel Sam Asir (a CSI school teacher – how can the school allow him to join a political party?), met J.Jayalalitha pledging their support to AIADMK (in that meeting bishop’s son Joel told the AIADMK chief J.J that he along with 3000 youths belonging to youth christian movement are joining her party).
According to the reports published in the vernacular dailies, the Diocesan office-bearers and Joel visited Jayalalitha and expressed their solidarity with the leader.
According to sources, on Tuesday, there was a diocese meeting which was presided by its youth wing president Joel Sam Asir (bishop’s son) . In the meeting, it was debated that though they had supported the DMK regime for the last 7 years not much was done (to them by the DMK government), including resolving the American College issue in their favour.
As Jayalalitha had promised to look into their demands, they have decided to work for the AIADMK in all the 16 districts coming under Madurai-Ramnad diocese.
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