BJP questions DMK over caste discrimination
The Hindu
BJP slams DMK for caste-based discrimination against Tindivanam municipality's vice-chairwoman. MLA Vanathi Srinivasan says Udhayanidhi Stalin's statement of party's opposition to discrimination exposed as double standards.
The Tamil Nadu BJP on Wednesday criticised the DMK for caste-based discrimination allegedly faced by the vice-chairman of Tindivanam municipality.
In a statement, the party’s secretary of National Mahila Morcha and Coimbatore South MLA Vanathi Srinivasan pointed out that the vice-chairman, who is a woman, had complained against the chairman of the municipality, who belonged to the DMK. The BJP leader said that the the vice-chairman had gone to the extent of filing a formal complaint with the district Collector.
Pointing out that Minister for Youth Welfare and DMK’s youth wing secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin’s statement that his party was against caste discrimination irrespective of where it happened, she alleged that the incident in Tindivanam has, however, exposed the DMK’s double standards in tackling caste discrimination.
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