Chennai
After a video of Tamil Nadu minister Dindigul Srinivasan surfaced online, the minister clarified the act stating that he considered the boy as his own grandson and took his help as he was unable to remove his slippers on his own.
The boy's mother hans now demanded the minister to appear in person and apologise to her son for his act.
For the unversed, the minister made a tribal boy remove his slippers during the inauguration of an elephant camp in Theppakkadu near here on Thursday, a video of which has gone viral drawing flak from a section of social media users.
The incident occurred when Forest Minister Dindigul Srinivasan came to inaugurate the elephant rejuvenation camp in Theppakkadu, in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, 40 kms from here.
When he along with the district collector and other officials were proceeding to the camp, Srinivasan called a tribal boy and asked him to remove his footwear so as to enter a temple there and perform pooja.
The boy readily obliged and removed the slippers in full public view. It is not clear as to why Srinivasan asked the boy to remove his footwear.
The incident has caused outrage on the social media with several condemning it and seeking action against the Minister under the SC/ST Act.
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