TVK govt. will crack down on insults against women, says Aadhav Arjuna

Those who speak in a derogatory manner against women, irrespective of whether they are Opposition leaders, publishers of “yellow magazine”, or those operating fake accounts on social media platforms, would be identified and arrested, said TVK general secretary (election campaign management) and Minister for Public Works and Sports Development Aadhav Arjuna on Tuesday.

Speaking at the meeting of MLAs of TVK and its alliance partners at the party headquarters in Panaiyur on the outskirts of Chennai ahead of the Budget session of the Assembly, Mr. Arjuna said this remains the TVK’s foremost policy and “just as corruption was being eliminated,” the culture of insulting women should also be eradicated.

He said Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay had never indulged in personal criticism. “Our leader [Vijay] had referred to former Chief Minister M.K. Stalin as ‘Stalin Uncle’ once during a speech in Madurai, purely in the context of a relationship, and had stopped using the expression thereafter.”

-R. Sivaraman