Madurai Deepam Row: DMK Moves Impeachment Motion Against Justice GR Swaminathan

In this special report, India Today correspondent Anagha Keshav details the escalating political showdown in Tamil Nadu over the Madurai Deepam controversy. The ruling DMK has moved an impeachment motion against Madras High Court Justice G.R. Swaminathan, accusing him of bias after he ordered the lighting of a lamp on the 'Deepathoon' pillar at Thiruparankundram. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has strongly condemned the move, with leaders calling the DMK 'anti-Hindu' and a symbol of 'anti-Sanatana Dharma'. The report also highlights a statement from over 50 former judges and senior jurists who have termed the impeachment motion a 'weaponization of a constitutional process' aimed at intimidating the judiciary. Anagha Keshav explains the DMK's legal stance, questioning the historical validity of the Deepathoon tradition near the Dargah.