‘Misogyny Is The Oldest Weapon’: TVK Minister Breaks Silence After ‘Short Dress’ Video Sparks Political Storm | India News

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The remarks additionally drew a pointy response from DMK IT wing secretary TRB Rajaa, who condemned the net abuse and stated ladies shouldn’t be focused over their private decisions.

The Sivakasi MLA stated the episode mirrored a ‘fragile, regressive mindset’.

A social media video has triggered a political controversy in Tamil Nadu after a lady seen stepping out of a automobile was wrongly recognized on-line as Industries and Funding Promotion Minister S Keerthana.

The lady within the video isn’t Keerthana, the minister clarified. However as an alternative of limiting her response to the id declare, Keerthana questioned why a lady’s garments ought to grow to be a political situation in any respect.

The Sivakasi MLA stated the episode mirrored a “fragile, regressive mindset” and accused these behind the controversy of utilizing a lady’s look for political assaults.

“However even when it had been, why ought to it matter? Why are a lady’s garments, look, or pleasure nonetheless handled as issues for public trial?” she stated in a submit on X.

The controversy started when a number of social media accounts, reportedly belonging to DMK supporters, circulated the video and questioned whether or not the lady was Keerthana. The clip, which reveals the lady sporting a brief black gown, was adopted by criticism and on-line trolling.

Keerthana stated such assaults weren’t stunning and took an oblique dig on the Opposition.

“What else are you able to count on from followers of a pacesetter with a monitor document of deeply derogatory remarks in opposition to ladies?” she stated.

She additionally argued that political rivals flip to private narratives when they don’t have sufficient to problem the federal government on its insurance policies or efficiency.

“Misogyny is the oldest weapon of those that don’t have anything substantive to positively contribute,” she stated.

The minister additionally apologised to the lady who seems within the video, saying she had been dragged into the controversy solely as a result of she regarded much like her.

“I’m sorry. You look gorgeous, and I hope you retain residing by yourself phrases (and loving these highlights!)” she wrote.

Keerthana Targets DMK, AIADMK

Talking individually at a public occasion, Keerthana accused each the DMK and AIADMK of operating what she described as false campaigns in opposition to ladies on social media.

“Every Saturday and Sunday their job is to do false marketing campaign… The DMK and AIADMK are defaming ladies in all approach on the web. The particular person within the video isn’t me,” she stated.

The remarks drew a response from DMK IT wing secretary TRB Rajaa, who condemned the net abuse and stated ladies shouldn’t be focused over their private decisions.

“Completely disgusted to see some IDs attempting to degrade ladies and their decisions, even dragging in individuals who have completely nothing to do with the matter,” Rajaa wrote on X.

He stated the DMK wouldn’t help behaviour that crossed the boundaries 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 stated.

The episode has now was a political dispute over on-line trolling, ladies’s privateness and using private assaults in Tamil Nadu’s political discourse.

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