Chennai, Dec. 18 -- The controversy over the lighting of Karthigai Deepam at the stone continues in Tamil Nadu. DMK leader TKS Elangovan on Thursday stated that the Karthigai Deepam has been lit in a particular area for hundreds of years and claimed that the opposition is plotting against the Hindu community in the Thiruparakondram, who have been lighting the lamps on the hilltop for years.

"They want to create trouble. The fringe parties working with the people of the BJP are Tamil people. For hundreds of years, the Karthigai Deepam has been lit in a particular area, but these people have been silent. When the elections are nearing, they want to create trouble. It is not against anybody. It is against the Hindus in the Thiruparakondram ...