India, Aug. 30 -- The Tamil Nadu Congress on Sunday, August 30, hit back at former ally DMK over its criticism of the omission of prominent leaders, including Jawaharlal Nehru, from a state government policy note, accusing the Dravidian party of political double standards.

Tamil Nadu Congress Committee Treasurer Ruby R Manoharan claimed that the names of Nehru and B R Ambedkar were also omitted from official policy notes tabled during previous DMK governments.

Former DMK MLA and party legal wing joint secretary E Paranthaman had on Saturday criticised the Tamil Nadu government for leaving out ideological leaders such as EV Periyar, Ambedkar and Nehru from the official policy note of the Backward Classes and Most Backward Classes Welfare...