With the election date nearing, political parties in Tamil Nadu are on shrill campaign mode with some of the them delivering their punch below the belt.
In that light, Kamal Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM), has issued a press release in which it has derogated the BJP’s woman MLA candidate for Coimbatore South Vanathi Srinivasan.
Responding to Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani’s challenge who had called actor-politician Kamal Haasan for an open debate with Vanathi Sriniavasan while campaigning for her in Coimbatore, C.K. Kumaravel, the MNM’s general secretary — propaganda, issued a press release calling Vanathi Srinivasan a ‘tukkada’ (worthless / small time in Tamil) leader.
“We accept your challenge but first our leader Kamal Haasan would like to debate with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. After that he would like to debate with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. After that he would like to debate with other Ministers. Lastly, he will debate with ‘tukkada’ leaders like Vanathi Srinivasan”, the MNM press release read adding that MNM’s student’s wing is enough for debating with the BJP leader.
Vanathi Srinivasan is the National Women’s Wing President of the BJP. She earlier served as the Vice President of the BJP in Tamil Nadu. During the 2016 Assembly Elections, she came third polling 33113 votes, when the BJP went all alone without alliance with any party.
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