Ranjani and Gayatri’s withdrew from the Music Academy’s 2024 conference

MK Stalin congratulated TM Krishna for being selected for the 'Sangeetha Kalanidhi' award

It is regrettable to criticise TM Krishna for his progressive political stances: MK Stalin

The Carnatic Music industry has been engulfed by a controversy following singers Ranjani and Gayatri’s withdrawal from the Music Academy’s 2024 conference after singer T.M Krishna was announced as the recipient of the ‘Sangeetha Kalanidhi” award. 

Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu MK Stalin has now sided with T.M Krishna in this controversy. “My warmest congratulations and appreciation to the great singer TM Krishna for being selected for the ‘Sangeetha Kalanidhi’ award of The Music Academy. It is regrettable to criticise TM Krishna for his progressive political stances and his constant talking about the common man. It is not fair to unnecessarily lash out at Periyar, who fought for human equality based on humanity and for women to live as equals for three-quarters of a century in a charitable and peaceful way. Anyone who reads Periyar’s selfless biography and his thoughts will not attempt to cast such slanderous mud. It is regrettable to criticise TM Krishna for his progressive political stances and his constant talking about the common man. It is not fair to unnecessarily lash out at Periyar, who fought for human equality based on humanity and for women to live as equals for three-quarters of a century in a charitable and peaceful way. Anyone who reads Periyar’s selfless biography and his thoughts will not attempt to cast such slanderous mud,” he stated on X.

சிறந்த பாடகர் @tmkrishna அவர்கள் #TheMusicAcademy-இன் ‘சங்கீத கலாநிதி’ விருதுக்குத் தேர்வாகி இருப்பதற்கு எனது அன்பான வாழ்த்துகளையும் பாராட்டுகளையும் தெரிவித்துக் கொள்கிறேன்.

திரு. கிருஷ்ணா அவர்கள் கொண்டுள்ள முற்போக்கு அரசியல் நிலைப்பாடுகளினாலும், அவர் எளியோரைப் பற்றித் தொடர்ந்து…

— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) March 23, 2024