A video of a lady getting out of a automotive in a brief black gown has triggered a political row in Tamil Nadu after she was misidentified as S Keerthana, Minister for Industries and Funding Promotion. Keerthana has clarified that the lady within the video just isn’t her and questioned that “why ought to it matter” even when it was her. In an extended publish on social media platform X, Keerthana known as misogyny the “oldest weapon” of those that don’t have anything substantive to contribute.
All of it started with a number of social media customers, allegedly DMK supporters, sharing a video of a lady in a brief gown and questioning whether or not she was Industries Minister Keerthana. The criticism adopted.
The Sivakasi MLA hit out on the trolling and known as out the “fragile, regressive mindset” that led to political hysteria over a lady going about her day. She added that she was not shocked.
Not directly hitting out on the Opposition, she mentioned, “What else are you able to anticipate from followers of a frontrunner with a monitor file of deeply derogatory remarks in opposition to ladies?”
The youngest MLA in Vijay’s cupboard clarified that the lady within the video just isn’t her.
“However even when it have been, why ought to it matter? Why are a lady’s garments, look, or pleasure nonetheless handled as issues for public trial?” she requested.
Keerthana mentioned that false narratives about private lives of leaders and their relations are a resort when the Opposition can not problem the federal government’s insurance policies, governance, or monitor file.
“Misogyny is the oldest weapon of those that don’t have anything substantive to positively contribute,” she mentioned.
She additionally addressed the lady within the video, who she mentioned had been dragged into the controversy “merely as a consequence of a passing resemblance”, and apologised to her.
“I am sorry. You look gorgeous, and I hope you retain residing by yourself phrases (and loving these highlights!)”
The truth that a video of a lady merely going about her day can spark political hysteria tells you every little thing in regards to the fragile, regressive mindset behind it. However I am not shocked! What else are you able to anticipate from followers of a frontrunner with a monitor file of deeply derogatory…
— Virudhai Magal Keerthana (@Keerthana4VNR) August 23, 2026
She spoke in regards to the viral video throughout a public deal with and straight focused the DMK and AIADMK saying, “Every Saturday and Sunday their job is to do false marketing campaign… The DMK and AIADMK are defaming ladies in all method on the web. The individual within the video just isn’t me.”
DMK’s IT wing secretary TRB Rajaa has come out in assist of Keerthana and mentioned, “nothing justifies misogyny.”
“Completely disgusted to see some IDs attempting to degrade ladies and their selections, even dragging in individuals who have completely nothing to do with the matter,” Rajaa wrote in a publish on X.
Rajaa made it clear that his social gathering won’t ever tolerate something that crosses the road of decency.
“The DMK stands firmly for girls’s dignity, rights, and freedom. Any act that crosses the road of decency won’t ever ever be tolerated. Whoever it’s,” he wrote.
