Late anti-freebie crusader Balaji is 'Sarkar' hero
Business Standard : Nearly a year after the demise of 44-year-old anti-freebie crusader-advocate S. Subramaniam Balaji, Tamil movie " Sarkar " has stirred a controversy over the freebie schemes of the state government. Protesters outside theatres in Coimbatore, Chennai and Madurai have been damaging the film's banners and demanding the removal of certain scenes from A.R. Murugadoss directed political thriller that hit the screens this week. The ruling AIADMK is angry at the Vijay starrer for criticsing their schemes. Many AIADMK ministers and party cadres expressed their displeasure over certain scenes by damaging banners of the film and cut-outs of the actor. It is, however, neither Vijay nor Murugadoss, but the late Balaji, who deserves credit for this anti-freebie crusade. The political activist-lawyer died on November 2017, couple of months after meeting with a road accident and suffering head injuries. Balaji had fought against the freebie scheme...