{"id":12733,"date":"2026-08-15T15:58:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T15:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=12733"},"modified":"2026-08-15T15:58:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T15:58:58","slug":"bjps-nainar-nagenthran-courts-controversy-with-remarks-against-tamil-nadu-cm-vijay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=12733","title":{"rendered":"BJP\u2019s Nainar Nagenthran courts controversy with remarks against Tamil Nadu CM Vijay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133262597,imgsize-720126,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/bjps-nainar-nagenthran-courts-controversy-with-remarks-against-tamil-nadu-cm-vijay.jpg\" alt=\"BJP\u2019s Nainar Nagenthran courts controversy with remarks against Tamil Nadu CM Vijay\" title=\"State BJP president Nainar Nagenthran and Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"State BJP president Nainar Nagenthran and Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay\">State BJP president Nainar Nagenthran and Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>CHENNAI: State <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/bjp\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BJP<\/a> president Nainar Nagenthran on Saturday courted a controversy with a personal remark against <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/tamil-nadu-chief-minister\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tamil Nadu chief minister<\/a> C Joseph Vijay, recalling the latter\u2019s recent \u201cfather\u2019s missing\u201d comment in the assembly.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Ministers and TVK leaders condemned Nagenthran\u2019s remarks, dubbing them \u201cuncivilised.\u201d BJP vice-president Khushbu Sundar also condemned it. However, Nainar Nagenthran rejected the charges and stated that his remark was misrepresented.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Speaking at a book launch programme at the BJP headquarters here, Nagenthran was apparently referring to Vijay\u2019s remarks on former chief minister <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/m-k-stalin\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">M K Stalin<\/a>\u2019s defeat in his Kolathur constituency. Nagenthran went on to make a distasteful remark.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Health and family welfare minister K G Arunraj hit back at Nagenthran, saying that the TVK govt would respond to such remarks through its actions and not words. School education minister A Rajmohan said the BJP leader\u2019s remark was \u201cuncivilised\u201d and not expected from a person holding a high post.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>\u201cBJP leader spoke like a third-rate street-corner speaker. It is unfit for his position and dignity. However, we will stick to the decent and civilised politics taught by our leader,\u201d said the minister.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>BJP leader Khushbu Sundar came down heavy on Nagenthran over his \u201ccrude and unacceptable remarks targeting the Tamil Nadu chief minister\u2019s mother.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>Referring to PM Narendra Modi\u2019s Nari Shakti vision, she in a X post stressed that degrading women crossed all political boundaries and hits below the belt. \u201cWomen are not pawns in political battles,\u201d she said and urged politicians to critique policies, not target women&#8217;s dignity.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>Former BJP state chief and We the Leaders founder K Annamalai also condemned Nagenthran\u2019s remarks. He said they had \u201ccrossed the boundaries of political decency\u201d and that making remarks about the family members of a politician was unacceptable.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>Nagenthran took to social media and posted that his speech was completely devoid of ulterior motives. \u201cTo those misrepresenting my words for political gain: I remain deeply committed to the mother, the motherland, and the mother tongue,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/chennai\/bjps-nainar-nagenthran-courts-controversy-with-remarks-against-tamil-nadu-cm-vijay\/articleshow\/133262440.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State BJP president Nainar Nagenthran and Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: State BJP president Nainar Nagenthran on Saturday courted a controversy with a personal remark against Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay, recalling the latter\u2019s recent \u201cfather\u2019s missing\u201d comment in the assembly.Ministers and TVK leaders condemned Nagenthran\u2019s remarks, dubbing them \u201cuncivilised.\u201d 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