P.T.R. Palanivel Thiagarajan, the Finance Minister of Tamil Nadu who had earlier called Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev a ‘publicity hound’ and a ‘charlatan’ has now gone an abusive rant against former Infosys director and Padmashree awardee T.V. Mohandas Pai.
Mohandas Pai had shared a video on his Twitter timeline on May 21 where he had called Palanivel Thiagarajan as a ‘loose mouth’, ‘arrogant’, ‘self-centred’, ‘abusive’ and ‘egoistic’ for his comments on Jaggi Vasudev.
“Can he shut up and do his job?” Pai wrote on in his tweet.
#AskKarthik #EP3 TN FM says sorry to Jaggi Vasudev; CPI-M starts its fir… https://t.co/LcGzdFwyiq via @YouTube. Folks pl see, exposing the Loose mouth,arrogant,self centred,abusive,egoistic, new FM of TN! Can he shut up and do his job?
— Mohandas Pai (@TVMohandasPai) May 21, 2021
Following this, Palanivel Thiagarajan responded to the tweet calling Mohandas Pai a ‘capitation-thieving’, ‘genetically-bigoted’, ‘biggest-global-beef-merchant’ and a ‘hypocrite’. He had also shared pictures of audit reports to substantiate his claims of alleged environmental violations of Isha Foundation.
The problem with dung-for-brains cultists, is they can not READ🤦♂️
Prime example is this Capitation-thieving, Genetically-Bigoted, Biggest-Global-Beef-Merchant Hypocrite who rode the Narayanmurthy train to undeserved fortune…. and now deludes himself as THE purveyor of virtue https://t.co/8jhsgjPEcn pic.twitter.com/tci3niqXPr
— Dr P Thiaga Rajan (PTR) (@ptrmadurai) May 21, 2021
To this, Mohandas Pai retorted back at Palanivel Thiagarajan saying that he had a bigoted mind was devoid of dignity.
Good you are showing your true abusive nature, devoid of dignity, a bigoted mind! Pl keep it up! You are a shining example for all! https://t.co/qwIL4R6HgS
— Mohandas Pai (@TVMohandasPai) May 21, 2021
The spat came to an end with Palanivel Thiagarajan blocking Mohandas Pai.
On urgent advice from many in a short period of time, I have decided to isolate myself from the Beef Industry while we continue to focus all efforts to contain the second wave…….
and accordingly have blocked @TVMohandasPai
Thanks for the advice🙏🙏🙏
— Dr P Thiaga Rajan (PTR) (@ptrmadurai) May 21, 2021
Palanivel Thiagarajan has been in the news for the last few days for his comments on Jaggi Vasudev over the latter’s clarion call for freeing temples from state control.
In his interview to The Hindu which was published on May 14, Palanivel Thiagarajan dismissed the call for relieving Hindu temples from government control and went on to make defamatory statements on Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev.
““Random people make random noise. These are the people who want to break the goodwill of society,” he told The Hindu.
“In the case of Jaggi, he is a publicity hound and charlatan who is trying to find another angle to make more money.” he further added. He had also called Jaggi Vasudev a ‘commercial operator’ pretending to use god and religion to get help.
In response to this, volunteers of the Isha Foundation had written an open letter to Palanivel Thiagarajan saying that they were appalled at the personal attack made by a person holding such high office. The letter further stated that Isha Foundation has worked with various elected governments from across the political spectrum and will continue to do so for the welfare of the people of Tamil Nadu.
The Hindu Publishing Group’s Chairperson Malini Parthasarathy had shared this response which The Hindu had carried in the form of an article. However, Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiagarajan resorted to shooting the messenger saying that Malini Parthasarathy needs ‘counselling’ and not destroy The Hindu’s brand.
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