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Sekar Babu won against BJP Youth Wing state president Vinoj P Selvam in North Chennai’s Harbour Constituency
The Constituency has a large share of communities from Gujarat, Rajasthan etc, who have been living there for many generations
Chennai: The comments made by Tamil Nadu’s Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Board Minister, PK Sekar Babu, have sparked controversy. At an event, where the Mahavir International Chennai Metro Foodbank was to be inaugurated, the minister made a political speech that the DMK would work for the Hindi-speakers (North Indians), despite them having voted for the BJP in large numbers.
DMK ministerâs comments on not getting Hindi-speakersâ votes courts trouble, BJP objects
Reacting to the DMK Ministerâs comments, the BJP has said that such comments are blatant threats against BJP voters. Photo: ANI
Updated: May 27, 2021, 04:38 PM IST
Tamil Nadu’s Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Board Minister, PK Sekar babu has sparked a controversy with his comments at an event. At the event where the Mahavir International Chennai Metro Foodbank was to be inaugurated, the Minister made a political speech that the DMK would work for the Hindi-speakers (North Indians), despite them having voted for the BJP in large numbers. Sekar Babu had won against BJP Youth Wing State president Vinoj P Selvam in North Chennai’s Harbour Constituency, which has a large share of communities from Gujarat, Rajasthan etc, who have been living there for many generations.
The comments made by Tamil Nadu’s Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Board Minister, PK Sekar Babu have sparked controversy.
At the inauguration event of the Mahavir International Chennai Metro Foodbank, the minister made a political speech that the DMK would work for the Hindi-speakers (North Indians), despite them having voted for the BJP in large numbers.