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Politics● Low1h ago · Nov 6, 2026, 7:59 AM

From fictitious Chief Minister to Naladiyar as ‘poet’: Tamil writer Perumal Murugan flags ‘literary scam’ in Periyar Arivulagam

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hindu · South Asia

Rajmohan, State Minister for Tamil Development, Information and Publicity, said an inquiry would be initiated immediately into the alleged scam in procurement of books at the newly inaugurated library and science centre in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore.

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