Thanjavur/Chennai: The ruling TVK escalated its protest against DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin over his allegedly offensive remarks directed at a film actor, filing complaints with both the local police and the National Commission for Women (NCW) on Tuesday.
A police complaint was lodged at the Thanjavur East Police Station by S Bairavi, the TVK’s Central District Women’s Wing Organiser for Thanjavur, and there is a buzz that the leader of the opposition may be arrested.
Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu police have deployed a huge police force in front of the residence Udhayanidhi is staying in Thanjavur.
The video of the speech went viral, drawing sharp reactions from the ruling TVK and the Opposition, the BJP.
“Absolutely disgusting. Passing such disgraceful comments against anyone is completely unacceptable. It exposes the mindset, political culture, and declining standards of the clan,” wrote TVK MLA Rhevanth Charan, adding that this was a new low for the politician.
Tamil Nadu BJP chief spokesperson Narayanan Thirupathy said the DMK leader must be imprisoned.
“Udhayanidhi Stalin’s double-meaning speech about Chief Minister Vijay and Trisha in Thanjavur is disgusting, obscene, vulgar, and shameful. Truly, even a rogue or thief who has a mother, wife, and daughter would not speak so vulgarly. No mother, wife, or daughter would forgive those who speak like that. But it is shameful that former Chief Minister MK Stalin watches them while these wicked people, who call themselves the “Dravidian Model,” speak this way in public,” he said.
“Arresting and imprisoning Udhayanidhi Stalin for this low-grade speech would bring more credit to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Joseph Vijay,” he added.
BJP leader Vinoj P Selvam also slammed the DMK leader for the remark.
“It wouldn’t be surprising if he didn’t speak in this manner, constantly proclaiming himself as the grandson of the artist. The Opposition leader is also a former actor himself. Yet, it’s shocking that he speaks so disdainfully about fellow artists like this. The actors’ association must register its condemnation on his behalf,” he said.
Stalin, an actor-turned-politician, had sparked a massive controversy three years ago when he compared Sanatan Dharma with “dengue, malaria”, declaring that it should be eradicated as these maladies should. The matter had reached the Supreme Court, which had chastised the politician.
Days after losing power to Vijay’s TVK, a poll debutant, Stalin doubled down on his remark in the Tamil Nadu assembly.
