DMK Removes Minister Ponmudy As Occasion’s Deputy Normal Secretary Over ‘Vulgar’ Remarks Towards Hindu Gods | India Information
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), the ruling occasion of Tamil Nadu, has eliminated the state Forest Minister and senior chief Okay. Ponmudy from the publish of the occasion’s Deputy Normal Secretary after a row erupted over his ‘vulgar’ remarks in opposition to Hindu Tilaks and Gods.
The DMK Chief made the alleged remarks at a celebration assembly. His feedback are being perceived as offensive in opposition to the followers of Shaivism and Vaishnavism and have triggered backlash from the Opposition, civil society, the general public, and even inside his occasion.
In accordance with information company IANS, he made the remarks reportedly throughout a DMK staff’ assembly in Chennai inside the previous week, and a video of his speech went viral on social media.
Within the video, Ponmudy used a sexually express analogy involving a prostitute and non secular practices. He mockingly referred to sacred Hindu symbols, utilizing ‘vulgar’ language to explain the Shaivite horizontal tilak and the Vaishnavite vertical tilak.
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DMK, BJP And Others React To Okay Ponmudy’s Remarks
In a publish on social media platform X, DMK MP and occasion chief Kanimozhi Karunanidhi ‘condemned’ Ponmudy’s remarks and known as it is “unacceptable”.
Within the publish she wrote, “Minister Ponmudy’s current speech is unacceptable. Whatever the cause for the speech, such vulgar remarks are condemnable.”
அமைச்சர் பொன்முடி அவர்களின் சமீபத்திய பேச்சு ஏற்றுக்கொள்ள முடியாதது. எந்த காரணத்திற்காகப் பேசப் பட்டிருந்தாலும் இப்படிப்பட்ட கொச்சையான பேச்சுகள் கண்டிக்கத்தக்கது.
— Kanimozhi (கனிமொழி) (@KanimozhiDMK) April 11, 2025
BJP Tamil Nadu President Okay. Annamalai in a publish on X questions which can be the youth of the state anticipated to ‘tolerate the filth’.
He stated, “That is DMK’s customary of political discourse in Tamil Nadu. Thiru Ponmudy was as soon as the Greater Schooling Minister of Tamil Nadu and now Minister for Forests and Khadi, and the youth of Tamil Nadu are anticipated to tolerate this filth?”
That is DMK’s customary of political discourse in Tamil Nadu. Thiru Ponmudi was as soon as the Greater Schooling Minister of Tamil Nadu & now Minister for Forests and Khadi, and the youth of Tamil Nadu are anticipated to tolerate this filth? Not simply this Minister, all the DMK ecosystem… pic.twitter.com/ENMq47hiPf
— Okay.Annamalai (@annamalai_k) April 11, 2025
Moreover, one other BJP chief Khushbu Sundar additionally commented on the matter and wrote in a publish that the DMK chief has a ‘disgusting mindset’.
“Such a disgusting mindset he has and his phrases describe him higher than what i can say. Will you ever have the heart to throw him out of his chair and place? Otherwise you and your occasion discover sadistic pleasures in insulting ladies and Hinduism in making such disgusting feedback??” she wrote.
Mr @mkstalin avl, that is your Minister, an schooling minister for that. Such a disgusting mindset he has and his phrases describe him higher than what i can say. Will you ever have the heart to throw him out of his chair and place? Otherwise you and your occasion discover sadistic pleasures… https://t.co/vqFMWpyXs0
— KhushbuSundar (@khushsundar) April 10, 2025
The singer and activist Chinmayi Sripada additionally took to X to criticise the remarks and stated that the “joke is on us”.
“He describes a ‘joke’ as a result of apparently there’s a ‘market’ for these jokes in a public gathering, a few man…,” she wrote within the publish.
“No surprise they’re all hand in glove with molester poetttttu,” she added.
That is Minister of Forests, Mister Ponmudi from Tamilnadu. He beforehand held posts as a Minister for Science and Tech; and Schooling in Tamilnadu.
He describes a ‘joke’ as a result of apparently there’s a ‘market’ for these jokes in a public gathering, a few man who goes to a intercourse… https://t.co/Szy2YCINsF
— Chinmayi Sripaada (@Chinmayi) April 10, 2025
DMK’s New Deputy Normal Secretary
As per ANI, MP Trichy Siva was appointed because the Deputy Normal Secretary of the DMK.
(with businesses’ inputs)
