Actress Nayanthara and her husband, filmmaker Vignesh Shivan have been recently blessed with twin babies, Uyir and Ulagam. While the internet was flooded with message of love and excitement, there were also speculations made that the couple might have adopted the procedure of surrogacy which has been banned in India. Moreover, the couple got hitched on June 9 which garnered showers of apprehensions on the minds of some who speculated that the couple adopted surrogacy by breaching the law.
Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu government too ordered an investigation into this matter and come to a conclusion. The probe is set to find that whether this couple has systematically followed the legalities throughout or not. The government has now passed on a suo moto to “clear off the mystery”.
A Viswanathan, Joint Director, Medical and Rural Health Services, revealed in an interview to Indian Express that, “We are taking suo moto proceedings to clear off the mystery in the entire episode. This is to keep up the goodwill of procedures we follow in Tamil Nadu. Otherwise, there were no complainants or complaints raising charges or allegations in this particular case. It became sensational news after the parents announced it on social media. There were debates on different grounds, and the best thing the government could do was clear the air.”
Viswanathan added that, “Only after verifying official records and procedures followed in the particular case, we need to think of the next stage.”
Vignesh Shivan took to his social media handle to post about his major life update. He posted his picture alongside Nayanthara, both kissing the feet of their babies. The post was captioned as, “Nayan & Me have become Amma & Appa We are blessed with Twin Baby Boys All Our prayers,our ancestors’ blessings combined wit all the good manifestations made, have come 2gethr in the form Of 2 blessed babies for us Need all ur blessings for our Uyir & Ulagam Life looks brighter & more beautiful God is double great.”