A 13-year-old kid from Vizhupuram died of electrocution while trying to erect a party flag to welcome DMK Minister K. Ponmudy.
DMK Minister for Higher Education K. Ponmudy was to attend a marriage function of a party cadre at a marriage hall in Vizhupuram Mamabazhampattu Salai.
The route leading to the marriage was being decorated with party flags by DMK cadres for welcoming the Minister. One of the DMK men named Ekambaram had involved his 13-year-old child Dinesh also to tie party flags along the route.
As Dinesh was erecting the flag pole, it accidentally touched the live wire electrocuting him. The boy fell at a distance due to the shock and was grievously injured. He was rushed to the Mundiyambakkam Government Hospital but later died.
This has led to a stir on social media with opposition parties and netizens targeting the DMK for making a minor work for the party.
However, the DMK friendly mainstream media in English and Tamil have been silent on the issue.
BJP Tamil Nadu leader SG Suryah pointed out that had such a similar incident happened if some other party was in power, the media would have pounced on the matter and questioned the stoic silence of the media friendly to the ruling establishment in Tamil Nadu.
13 yrs kid Ekambaram from Villupuram, TN electrocuted while working for a #DMK party event. Honestly do not want to politicise this, but couldn’t stop from pointing out how Tamil media & few journalists would’v behaved had it happened in any other party event than DMK. Om Shanti. pic.twitter.com/rY4iqsJEhz
— SG Suryah (@SuryahSG) August 22, 2021
AIADMK Spokesperson and the party’s IT Wing Chennai zone secretary also put out a tweet condemning the DMK for the incident.
இயக்கத்திற்கு உயிர் கொடுப்பான் தொண்டன் என்று கேள்விப்பட்டு இருக்கிறேன் ஆனா சுயவிளம்பரத்திற்கு தொண்டன் உயிர் எடுப்பான் தலைவன் என்று இப்போது பார்க்கிறேன். #விடியல்பரிதாபங்கள்@arivalayam #DMKFailsTN #Dmkflagpole #NewsJ #SunNews https://t.co/vVLTzEtFBC
— Kovai Sathyan (@KovaiSathyan) August 21, 2021
It must be noted that when a similar incident of a hoarding fell due to wind on the road and caused an accident in which a young girl named Subashree died, the entire media went into a frenzy.
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