While Kollywood actor and Dravidianist sympathiser Karthi showered praise on Tamil Nadu’s School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh, claiming government schools were thriving under his stewardship, the reality on the ground tells a very different story – this time in Tirunelveli.
A video reportedly showing six Class 9 girls consuming alcohol inside a classroom at a government-aided school in Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli district, has surfaced on social media, triggering widespread concern among parents and educationists.
The video, which is alleged to have been recorded by one of the students, shows schoolgirls in uniform seated in a circle inside a classroom, with one of them seen pouring a liquid, said to be liquor mixed with water, into plastic cups before drinking.
According to sources, the school administration conducted a preliminary inquiry into the incident and confirmed its occurrence. Following an internal inquiry and counselling sessions, the school management suspended the six students for misconduct. However, the students have been permitted to attend the school to appear for examinations.
Chief Educational Officer M Sivakumar said he is scheduled to conduct a separate inquiry at the school on Monday, 15 December 2025, to determine how the students procured the alcohol and to identify the source that supplied it.
Parents expressed serious concerns over the apparent absence of teachers or other staff members at the time of the incident. They urged the education department and law enforcement agencies to take strict action against those responsible for supplying liquor to school students.
PMK president Dr Anbumani said that the rulers should hang their heads in shame commenting on the Class IX girls drinking liquor inside the classroom of their government aided school in Tirunelveli. “If a student has to go from their home to a school, the Tamil Nadu rulers have… https://t.co/WnD2FCWpfc pic.twitter.com/6Q6cxPfttl
— Thinakaran Rajamani (@thinak_) December 14, 2025
Reacting to the incident, PMK leader Dr Anbumani Ramadoss criticised the State government in a post on X, saying that the “rulers should hang their heads in shame” over the incident. He alleged that students were being exposed to alcohol at a young age due to the widespread availability of liquor outlets.
“If a student has to go to school two kilometres away, the Tamil Nadu rulers have created a situation where they must pass at least two or three liquor shops on the way,” he said. Dr Ramadoss further alleged that the DMK government had “turned the younger generation into slaves to alcohol,” and claimed that easy access to liquor was influencing the mindset of teenagers. He also listed similar incidents that had reportedly occurred across Tamil Nadu in recent times.
வகுப்பறையில் அமர்ந்து மது அருந்திய 9-ஆம் வகுப்பு மாணவிகள்: கட்டுப்பாடின்றி மதுவை வெள்ளமாக ஓட விட்டதற்காக ஆட்சியாளர்கள் வெட்கித் தலை குனிய வேண்டும்!
இந்தியாவின் ஆக்ஸ்போர்டு என்று போற்றப்படும் பாளையங்கோட்டையில் முருகன் குறிச்சி பகுதியில் உள்ள அரசு உதவி பெறும் பள்ளியில்,…
— Dr ANBUMANI RAMADOSS (@draramadoss) December 14, 2025
Source: The New Indian Express
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