CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary and the Leader of the Opposition Edappadi K Palaniswami announced that the party’s women wing will hold a protest on April 16 (Wednesday) against Forest Minister K Ponmudi for his vulgar remarks on women.

“In Tamil culture, one cannot measure how women were traditionally respected. However, at an event, DMK's forest minister Ponmudi had not only made disgusting remarks against women but also attached religious symbols of Saivism and Vaishnavism to it,” he said in a statement here on Saturday.

Claiming that many from DMK are making derogatory remarks against women, Palaniswami strongly condemned Ponmudi's speech. “People in Tamil Nadu will not accept ministers making such disgusting comments. His speech had shocked the general public,” he added. Palaniswami said to strongly condemn the remarks of Ponmudi, the AIADMK's women's wing will protest on April 16 at 10 AM near Panagal Maaligai at Saidapet.