Udhayanidhi Stalin's 'Trisha' comment sparks huge row, cops outside residence
The Tamil Nadu Police on Tuesday registered a case against Leader of Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin over a controversial remark that many have interpreted as referring
The Tamil Nadu Police on Tuesday registered a case against Leader of Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin over a controversial remark that many have interpreted as referring to actor Trisha. The remark was made during a speech when Stalin was attacking Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay over the Cauvery water dispute. The remark, which has universally been flagged as a sexual innuendo and as a reference to Vijay's friendship with Trisha, has been widely condemned by all political parties in Tamil Nadu. Read Full Story Following the remark, the Tamil Nadu Police registered a case against Stalin and a team of policemen was seen outside the leader's residence in Chennai. Meanwhile, Stalin has moved the Madras High Court seeking anticipatory bail. The court is scheduled to hear Udhayanidhi’s plea in the afternoon. The controversy erupted after Udhayanidhi, while addressing the gathering on the Cauvery issue, targeted Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay over the government's failure to secure Cauvery water for Tamil Nadu.
During his speech, someone in the audience shouted, "Trisha, Trisha". Pausing briefly, Udhayanidhi responded with a double entendre, drawing widespread criticism from political opponents, who termed the remarks vulgar and derogatory towards women. As the controversy snowballed, the ruling TVK mounted a fierce attack on the DMK leader. TVK leader Aadhav Arjuna labelled Udhayanidhi as "Obscene Nidhi", accusing him of lowering the standards of political discourse and insulting women through his remarks. Calling Udhayanidhi's speech "obscene" and filled with "double-meaning" remarks, Arjuna said the DMK leader was destroying the movement built by Annadurai through "obscene language and double-meaning speeches". "'Obscene' Nidhi is destroying the movement that great scholar Anna built with his Tamil erudition, today with his obscene language and double-meaning speeches," Arjuna said on a post on Instagram. He further alleged that Udhayanidhi's remarks reflected a "perverted thinking about women" and claimed that no "mother, sister or parent of Tamil Nadu" would accept such language in public life.
"The obscene speech he has made today, expressing his perverted thinking about women, makes the ears of the listeners tingle. No mother, sister or parent of Tamil Nadu would ever accept such despicable speeches," he said. Claiming that women voters had already rejected the DMK once, Arjuna asserted that they would "wipe out" Udhayanidhi from Tamil Nadu politics over such remarks. TVK spokesperson Felix Gerald also questioned whether Udhayanidhi would repeat the same remarks before his own children. "Would the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Udhayanidhi Stalin, play this part of his speech to his own daughter and son? Such disgusting taste," Gerald said in a post on X. The BJP also strongly condemned the comments. Tamil Nadu BJP chief spokesperson Narayanan Thirupathy described the remarks as "disgusting, obscene, vulgar and shameful" and demanded Udhayanidhi's arrest.
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