Two separate criminal cases have now been registered against Ponraj Vellaichamy, who heads the Abdul Kalam Vision India Movement, over allegations that he made defamatory and obscene remarks against women office-bearers and women cadres of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam.
The cases were registered following a complaint earlier lodged by Chief Minister Joseph Vijay during the Assembly election period.
Ponraj Vellaichamy, who runs the Abdul Kalam Vision India Movement and also presents himself as a political consultant, had triggered controversy during the election campaign after giving an interview to a YouTube channel before polling day.
During that interview, remarks allegedly made by him about women associated with TVK drew widespread criticism and quickly became a major political controversy.
In an interview to a private YouTube channel, Ponraj made controversial statements targeting Vijay’s fan base. He said: “One very big truth that I have come to know is this – Tamil Nadu is an educated state. Tamil Nadu has a high literacy rate. Tamil Nadu is a state renowned for educational attainment. Tamil Nadu has the highest Gross Enrolment Ratio in all of India. The Chief Minister has been conducting event after event, celebrating Tamil Nadu as an educationally excellent state. But in this same Tamil Nadu – we must actually thank Vijay for revealing to the world that such an illiterate mob exists here. What a mob of illiterates! A mob gone completely out of control. An unrestrained, shameless mob. Women saying ‘I don’t need my husband – I only want Vijay.’ A prostitute mob. Women saying ‘We will marry Vijay anna – even if he is our anna (elder brother), we will still be his anna, we will be his younger sister, we will be his elder sister, we will be his wife’ – such a crowd of prostitutes, a mob of illiterates filled with such fans exists here. For exposing this to the world, we must come and applaud Vijay.”
The interview clip was subsequently circulated extensively across websites and social media platforms, further escalating the issue.
At the time, Vijay, then serving as the president of TVK before becoming Chief Minister, publicly condemned Ponraj Vellaichamy’s remarks and demanded immediate police action.
Vijay had also posted about the issue on his social media accounts and later personally visited the office of the Director General of Police to submit a formal complaint.
According to reports, the then Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) met Vijay at the DGP office and received the complaint. Vijay reportedly insisted that immediate legal action be taken, particularly because the Model Code of Conduct was in force during the election period.
However, despite the complaint, no immediate action was reportedly taken for some time.
Now, after TVK formed the government and while the inquiry into the earlier complaint was still pending, police have registered two separate cases in different jurisdictions.
One case has been registered by the Cyber Crime wing of the Greater Chennai Police.
Another case has been registered at the Pudhunagar police station in Cuddalore district.
Police sources stated that the cases relate to allegations that Ponraj Vellaichamy made obscene and defamatory remarks targeting women functionaries and women supporters of TVK.
With two FIRs now registered in separate locations, police officials said further action would be taken after consultations with legal experts regarding the next course of investigation and proceedings.
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