CHENNAI: The

’s state IT wing has put its ally

in an embarrassing spot by taking credit for the 2017

that legalised the bull sport, popular in

during the

season.

Welcoming the

season this year, the IT wing posted a tweet in Tamil that starts and ends with actor Vijay’s ‘Bairavaa’ song, ‘Varlaam Varlaam Vaa’. The IT wing thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for respecting the Tamil sentiment and “breaking the conspiracy to stall the traditional sport and open the gates of Vaadivaasal”. It was posted with #Thanks2Modi.

This irked AIADMK functionaries who felt that the BJP was trying to take credit for the ordinance. AIADMK legal wing member Rajkumar said the BJP functionaries, who posted the tweet, were ignorant about the whole episode and was looking only at the PM’s part in it. He added that the credit should go to the TN government, which was ably supported by the Centre, to restore the sport.

When contacted, ministers D Jayakumar and K Pandiarajan declined to comment.

Political analyst M Kasinathan said neither the centre nor the state government had taken credit for the jallikattu ordinance. “The credit should go to the protestors who ensured that the Marina agitation by the youth was spontaneous and peaceful and that went on for five days,” he said.