Tongues wag over pro-Trisha posters flaying AIADMK leader Udhayakumar

MADURAI: The mystery surrounding actor Trisha's alleged political entry and links to the TVK deepened on Tuesday as a second wave of posters in favour of the actor cropped up in the city, this time against former AIADMK minister RB Udhayakumar over his recent remarks.

The same Madurai District Trisha Welfare Association, which recently claimed her political entry, has once again covered the walls "condemning" the AIADMK leader's veiled dig at Trisha, linking her to the TVK at a party meeting in Thoothukudi. The absence of any official denial from TVK or Trisha over the poster campaigns has lent credence to rumour mills.

The posters have "warned" the AIADMK leader against making remarks intended to demean the relationship between Vijay and Trisha, calling them highly condemnable.

The retort was to the former Deputy Leader of Opposition's remarks made at an AIADMK Jayalalithaa Peravai meeting in Thoothukudi on August 8. At the meeting, Udhayakumar said that when the issue of Cauvery water was raised, party cadres (TVK) would retort, “Cauvery? What water? Who was it that spoke about our sister-in-law Trisha?”

Udhayakumar said, “Vijay, a trouser-clad boy who was born only yesterday, is trying to usurp and destroy the AIADMK.” He followed it up with a viral video, grabbing national headlines, on when Trisha would be made Deputy Chief Minister by the TVK.

Following his remarks, Arun Kumar, treasurer of the Thoothukudi suburban district unit of the TVK, filed a petition with Thoothukudi District Superintendent of Police Sivaprasad on August 10, seeking action against Udhayakumar for allegedly making derogatory and insulting remarks about the Chief Minister.

Against this backdrop, the Trisha Welfare Association has put up the latest posters. “We cannot tolerate anyone speaking wrongly about her. If you cross the line, we will be forced to stage massive protests across the State,” the poster says. It ends with the slogan, “Women are the eyes of our country.”

The said organisation's earlier poster, put up on August 3, hailing Trisha, also didn't receive any denial, fuelling speculation. So far, there has been no official confirmation as to whether the association was formed with the actor's consent. TVK also hasn't officially distanced itself from the poster promotions or their contents linked to the ruling party.