Allow Dhotis or Club Licenses Will Be Cancelled: Jaya's New Diktat

Since there were reports that such practices were being followed in many such clubs in Chennai, Jayalalithaa said, “To bring an end to such practices, a new law would be enacted in this session. If any club engage in similar practices, licences given to them would be cancelled.”

“While there is no ban on wearing Tamil’s traditional attire of dhoti in functions in foreign countries, this act of banning dhoti in Tamil Nadu is against the Constitution, democratic traditions and Tamil culture,” Jayalalithaa said.

Recalling an incident during the colonial times, Jayalalithaa said the then Madras Corporation Mayor Sir P Thyagarayar rejected the then Madras Presidency Governor Lord Wellingdon’s directive to wear western attire to welcome the Prince of Wales.

“What is this club for us, when we have intimidated the English government?” she asked the House, a remark that was welcomed by thumping of benches. 

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