Udhayanidhi Stalin detained after TVK's complaint over his alleged remarks against Trisha Krishnan

Udhayanidhi Stalin detained after TVK's complaint over his alleged remarks against Trisha Krishnan

DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin has been detained after Tamil Nadu chief minister Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam filed complaints with the police and the National Commission for Women (NCW) for the leader of opposition's alleged remarks on actress Trisha Krishnan.Udhayanidhi Stalin allegedly made the remarks on Trisha Krishnan during an event in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur. (PTI/)S Bairavi, TVK's Central District Women's Wing Organiser for Thanjavur, lodged the complaint at the Thanjavur East Police Station.Tamil Nadu police had deployed a heavy police force in front of the residence where the DMK leader was staying in Thanjavur.WATCH:Stalin had reportedly made the remarks during a public meeting in Thanjavur over the Cauvery water dispute.While addressing the event, the Tamil Nadu LoP was interrupted by a section of the crowd chanting "Trisha, Trisha."He took a brief pause and said, "Whether the water reaches anywhere else or not, it should reach there," before clarifying that he was referring to the Cauvery."The TVK has, however, alleged that Udhayanidhi Stalin allegedly responded to the 'Trisha' chants with an obscene and double-meaning remark, news agency PTI reported.ALSO READ | 'Vijay is a courageous leader': DKS after TN CM agrees to defer Cauvery-related Bengaluru visitThe complaint accused Stalin and DMK IT wing officials of intentionally degrading women, causing mental stress to the actor and women in general. It further stated that the MK Stalin-led party deliberately circulated a video of the incident lasting over 2 minutes on X.TVK's national spokesperson, Pazha Selvakumar, also lodged a formal complaint with the NCW in New Delhi.‘Disgusting, a new low’: TVK slams Udhayanidhi StalinAs the controversy erupted, TVK ministers, including Aadhav Arjuna and N Anand, strongly condemned the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, terming their conduct "absolutely disgusting" and stating that such acts expose the "mindset, political culture, and declining standards of the Arivalayam clan."Tamil Nadu BJP chief spokesperson Narayanan Thirupathy also slammed the DMK leader, demanding Stalin's arrest and describing his alleged remarks as “disgusting, obscene, vulgar and shameful.”TVK MLA Rhevanth Charan said even by the standards of the 'Arivalayam clan', in reference to the DMK, this incident is a "new low.""Absolutely disgusting. Passing such disgraceful comments against anyone is completely unacceptable. It exposes the mindset, political culture, and declining standards of the Arivalayam clan," Charan stated.Charan alleged that the "collapse" of the DMK's protest triggered the party to resort to "cheap provocation and engagement farming.""This is precisely why the people of Tamil Nadu rejected you and confined you to the position you are in today. Continue with this arrogance and indecency, and you will soon be erased from public relevance altogether. Even by Arivalayam's already abysmal standards, this is a new low," Charan added.DMK denies allegations: 'False'Amid growing backlash over Udhayanidhi Stalin's alleged remarks, DMK leader TR Ballu reportedly rejected the allegations, saying that the LoP had not referred to any individual."He has not mentioned any word about the particular woman. It is all false," Baalu was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

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