Unidentified individuals threw mud at Tamil Nadu Forest Minister Ok Ponmudy and his entourage throughout his go to to a village in Villupuram district on Tuesday to distribute flood aid, an incident that the senior DMK chief dubbed as “politically motivated.”
He stated that the individuals within the space had no points with him.
“They didn’t even spare the district collector. As we have been returning after holding talks with the individuals, they hurled one thing that gave the impression to be mud from behind us,” Ponmudy later instructed reporters.
State Hindu Non secular and Charitable Endowments Division Minister P Ok Sekar Babu, accused a political social gathering member and her relative of throwing mud to hinder Ponmudy from distributing aid to the flood-affected individuals.
Throughout his go to to Iruvelpattu village, Ponmudy was confronted by a number of residents who claimed that officers had not visited their remoted village for 2 days after Cyclone Fengal hit the district. All of a sudden, somebody from the gang threw mud on the Minister, soiling his white shirt and the garments of a number of officers and law enforcement officials, who have been accompanying Ponmudy.
Reacting to the incident, Sekar Babu instructed reporters in Chennai that such an act wouldn’t have been carried out by odd residents. “The mud was thrown by a member of a political social gathering and her relative,” Babu stated, with out naming the social gathering.
Ponmudy remained unfazed by the incident and continued his people-focused efforts by distributing aid and consoling the flood-affected households, Babu claimed. The Forest Minister clarified he had visited the village to interact in talks with a gaggle of individuals protesting on the nationwide freeway, demanding flood aid.
“The agitation was politically motivated, and we aimed to stop it. We engaged in talks with the individuals, guaranteeing they dispersed and site visitors on the NH was restored,” he stated.
He said that the mud was thrown from behind as they have been coming back from the village, hitting him, his son and Lok Sabha member Gautham Sigamani, and Collector C Palani.
When a reporter requested if the act was a direct affront to him, Ponmudy retorted, “Would our males permit it? Our shirt bought soiled. I went to different locations and oversaw the aid distribution work.”
When requested if a proper criticism had been filed relating to the incident, the Minister laughed and stated, “You media individuals can complain. As I discussed earlier, they did it with a political motive. We don’t want to interact in politics. We purpose to clear floodwaters and restore normalcy. We don’t need to escalate the state of affairs.”
Ok Annamalai’s remark
Reacting to the incident, BJP state chief Ok Annamalai commented that this “displays the present state of affairs in Tamil Nadu.”
“The CM and the Deputy Chief Minister have been busy taking pictures within the streets of Chennai whereas the town acquired little or no rain and didn’t trouble to maintain observe of the happenings past Chennai,” Annamalai stated in a submit on social media platform, X.
That is the present state of affairs in Tamil Nadu. The CM and the Deputy Chief Minister have been busy taking pictures within the streets of Chennai whereas the town acquired little or no rain and didn’t trouble to maintain observe of the happenings past Chennai. The DIPR behaves just like the media… pic.twitter.com/DvZN3UT1f0
— Ok.Annamalai (@annamalai_k) December 3, 2024
Right now, the general public’s frustration reached a boiling level when Ponmudy visited a flood-affected space and was met with a “barrage of mud.” “This can be a mild reminder for DMK about what’s on the offing,” Annamalai stated within the submit.
