“Ridiculous…”: Artiste Srinidhi Chidambaram On Tamil Nadu BJP’s Tweet

Chennai:

Bharatanatyam artiste and medical practitioner Srinidhi Chidambaram hit out at Tamil Nadu BJP on Tuesday evening after the occasion – as a part of its marketing campaign for subsequent month’s election – tweeted a five-minute video of her dancing to ‘SemMozhi’ – a music written by the late former Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, whose DMK is in opposition to the ruling BJP-AIADMK authorities within the state.

Titled “the lotus will bloom”, the BJP posted a music video of the music – by which Ms Chidambaram seems for 2 seconds – on Sunday. That tweet has now been deleted.

Ms Chidambaram, who can be the spouse of Congress MP Karti Chidambaram and daughter-in-law of former Union Minister P Chidambaram, snapped again: “Ridiculous that the BJP (she tagged the opposition occasion’s central account) has used my picture for his or her propaganda.”

For good measure she posted in Tamil too, saying: The lotus won’t ever bloom in Tamil Nadu.”

Fake pas by Tamil Nadu BJP! ????

They’ve used a portion of Bharatanatyam carried out by Srinidhi Karti Chidambaram of their election promo.

She had carried out this 10 years again for the “Semmozhi” music penned by M Karunanidhi and composed by AR Rahman. #TamilNaduElectionspic.twitter.com/dlEsNFR8rx

— Shilpa Nair (@NairShilpa1308) March 30, 2021

Ms Chidambaram’s staff mentioned the video was from a efficiency for an version of the World Classical Tamil Convention that was held over a decade in the past.

The Tamil Nadu BJP has blamed the ‘fake pas’ on a vendor who took the video from a authorities web site. There was, nevertheless, no violation, Nirmal, a member of the occasion’s IT wing, advised NDTV.

The Congress, in the meantime, has tweeted a reminder to the BJP – that they cannot use images or video clippings of Ms Chidambaram with out permission.

“Pricey Tamil Nadu BJP, we perceive ‘consent’ is a troublesome idea so that you can perceive however you can’t use Mrs Srinidhi Karti Chidambaram’s picture with out her permission. All you’ve got finished is show that your marketing campaign is filled with lies and propaganda,” the occasion posted.

Pricey @BJP4TamilNadu, we perceive ‘consent’ is a troublesome idea so that you can perceive, however you can’t use Mrs Srinidhi Karti Chidambaram’s picture with out her permission. All you’ve got finished is show that your marketing campaign is filled with lies & propaganda. pic.twitter.com/CTYSK9S9Qw

— Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (@INCTamilNadu) March 30, 2021

The BJP has a negligible presence in Tamil Nadu, which is dominated by the DMK and AIADMK.

This 12 months although, with the loss of life of M Karunanidhi and J Jayalalithaa, the occasion has sensed a chance, and solid an alliance with the AIADMK, which is seen to have a weak collective management below Chief Minister Edappadi Ok Palaniswami and his deputy, O Panneerselvam.

The AIADMK-BJP pairing, nevertheless, suffered embarrassment within the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, shedding 38 of 39 seats to the DMK-Congress opposition.

On Tuesday Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked DMK chief A Raja over his feedback in regards to the Chief Minister; remarks for which Mr Raja issued a professional apology yesterday and, on Tuesday evening, received a notice from the Election Commission.

The Prime Minister hit back, calling Mr Raja an ”outdated 2G missile”.

Tamil Nadu votes in a single part subsequent month, with outcomes due Might 2.