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TN BJP chief Nagendran sparks row with remark on CM Vijay’s mother
Tamil Nadu BJP chief Nainar Nagendran sparked a political row on Independence Day with a remark apparently aimed at Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay. 'When people search for a father in the…
The Story in Brief
Tamil Nadu BJP chief Nainar Nagendran sparked a political row on Independence Day with a remark apparently aimed at Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay. 'When people search for a father in the House and cannot find him, they should ask the mother at home to know who the father is,' he said. The remark was seen as a response to Vijay's earlier jibe at DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin, asking where his father MK Stalin was after Stalin lost his Kolathur seat.
TVK minister Rajmohan Arumugam called the speech uncivilised. Former BJP state chief K Annamalai condemned it as an unacceptable personal attack. A complaint has been filed with police. Nagendran said his words were twisted and reiterated his reverence for mother, motherland and mother tongue.
The Indian Opinion
Both sides in Tamil Nadu politics routinely stoop to personal attacks, and this spat is no exception. Some rush to paint Nagendran's remark as uniquely vile, forgetting that Vijay himself first dragged a rival's father into the assembly. Others dismiss it as harmless retaliation. The real test is whether the BJP high command will rebuke its own state chief for crossing a line even its former president Annamalai called unacceptable. That answer will show if the party practises the decency it preaches.
Sources (3): news.abplive.com, timesnownews.com, thefederal.com
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Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources.
