DMK Min Ponmudi Pleaded Court To Show Concern Considering Old Age & Health; Dravidianists Had Earlier Called For Jailing An Old Man For Comments On Ambedkar

Back in September 2023, after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin’s son, Udhayanidhi Stalin stirred controversy by likening Sanatana Dharma to mosquito-borne diseases and Corona, calling for its eradication during the “Eradicate Sanatanam Conclave” on 2 September 2023, a slew of arrests were made and several FIRs were issued on those critiquing the remarks.

Among those arrested inhumanely was RBVS Manian, a former Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader, aged around 76, in the wee hours (around 3 AM) of 14 September 2023 for making “offensive remarks” against Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.

Following the speech, Dravidianists vociferously called for the arrest of the elderly RBVS Manian; these included so-called “journalists” as well as DMK members and supporters of the party.

Cut to the present. Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister K Ponmudi, who has been sentenced to a three-year jail term in a disproportionate assets case, has pleaded with the court to consider his age and health.

 

Netizens call out the irony of the situation.

Many on social media lashed out at the apparent hypocrisy of the DMK leader whether asking whether his age didn’t matter when looting or deriding poor women as people who travel “OC”.

 

It is noteworthy that Ponmudi has been given 30 days to appeal before imprisonment.

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