Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) chief and DMK ally Vaiko misplaced his mood at journalists throughout a celebration assembly in Tamil Nadu’s Sathur on Wednesday, resulting in assaults on media individuals by his cadres.
Throughout his speech, which reportedly stretched past an hour, a number of celebration cadres left the corridor, leaving empty chairs in view.
Journalists current on the venue turned their cameras towards the vacant chairs. Irked by this, Vaiko shouted from the stage, questioning the journalists’ “sense” in filming the empty seats and accusing them of making an attempt to painting a poor turnout.
“Which media home are you from? You might be exhibiting empty chairs! Do you may have sense? Will you additionally present the variety of folks standing exterior? Snatch the cameras, pull out the movie rolls,” Vaiko yelled, directing his cadres to grab the cameras.
As journalists tried to depart the venue after the incident, they got here underneath assault from celebration staff, leading to accidents to no less than two regional reporters.
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