Two days after AIADMK mouthpiece Namadhu MGR accused the Modi government of breaking the party into three factions and getting the party’s two-leaves symbol frozen, its editor Marudhu Alaguraj was asked to go on leave. He was given no reason for this decision, according to The Times of India.

The News Minute reported that Alaguraj had written a poem under his pen name Chitraguptan, called ‘Kavi Adi, Kazhagathi Azhi’ (paint saffron, destroy AIADMK) spoke about the failures of the BJP leadership. “It further accused the Centre of using governors as political agents and law enforcement agencies as weapons,” the report said.