Pon Radhakrishnan mocks SC order on firecrackers in Tamil Nadu, asks if police will be deployed at each home

Union minister Pon Radhakrishnan mocked the Supreme Court’s order  specifying the time during which people in Tamil Nadu can burst firecrackers during Diwali. [caption id=“attachment_5494261” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File image of Union minister Pon Radhakrishnan. Twitter/@PonnaarrBJP[/caption] Radhakrishnan said that it is largely children who burst crackers and wondered if the law would be unleashed against them. India Today quoted him as saying, “Will they (authorities) station a police personnel at each house or will they deploy a police team at each and every street?” The apex court modified its earlier order of fixing an 8 to 10 pm slot for bursting crackers on Diwali, saying the time would be changed in southern states like Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, but not exceed the two-hour duration. Diwali falls on 6 November in Tamil Nadu. The Tamil Nadu government Friday said people would be allowed to burst firecrackers between 6 am and 7 am and 7 pm and 8 pm on Diwali, in line with the Supreme Court directive. With inputs from PTI