A campaign video of Dr Ezhilan, DMK’s Thousand Lights candidate has been doing the rounds on social media and is going viral because of its derogatory nature and the words used in the video.
Dr Ezhilan, who is featured in the video to be addressing a gathering is observed to say the following: “A lot of people claim that they will cling on to their caste until death. Even in terms of their economic stability, there is a question of upper caste and lower caste. But, only when there are two people involving in intercourse, they do not think of caste. This means that the only way to get rid of casteism is by having sexual affairs.”
He goes on to say that honour killings are happening only because those who belong to the so-called upper caste do not want their sons or daughters to sleep with those of the lower caste, and if that is done, there is no reason for casteism to exist.
A lot of the Twitterati have commented that he is glorifying rape and rapists by talking in this manner. Some even suggested that he was demeaning women and sexualising them as objects of pride and caste symbols. The video of this speech has spread like wildfire on social media and is adding fuel to the already rampant fire that is the DMK’s propaganda to derogate women.
Profound Wisdom……..
~"Sex is the means to get rid of caste".
~"Allegations of 'fake love' are just propaganda".
Hope every family in 1000 Lights constituency are aware of this great words and don't forget #259 in DMK's manifesto. pic.twitter.com/M4z4gLeONp— Vishwatma 🇮🇳 (@HLKodo) April 2, 2021
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