<p>Chennai: Vishwa Hindu Parishad North <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/tamil-nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> on Saturday sought the immediate removal of Tamil Nadu Minister K Ponmudy from the Stalin Cabinet for his derogatory remarks on Shaivism and Vaishnavism 'symbols,' and said the organisation would hold a statewide protest in support of this demand on April 15.</p>.<p>Condemning the "vulgar" speech of Ponmudy, VHP North TN state president Andal P Chockalingam said while speaking at a DMK event on April 6, the Minister used cheap and vulgar words to demean Hindu symbols, which cannot be tolerated by any civil society.</p>.DMK sacks K Ponmudy as deputy general secretary over his derogatory remarks on women.<p>"Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin should take note of it seriously and if he stands by the secularism that he preaches, he should remove Ponmudy from Minister's post immediately," Chockalingam said.</p>.<p>Ponmudy should not be allowed to continue as a minister and stripping him of the deputy general secretary post in the DMK was only an "eye-wash", Chockalingam said in a statement here.</p>.<p>Though the VHP has ideological differences with the ruling DMK it still wanted the Chief Minister and his office to be above any disrespect and Ponmudi's speech was a direct personal attack on the esteem of the CM office and his household, the VHP leader claimed.</p>.<p>"VHP North TN will take this issue across the nation and expose the DMK's pseudo-secularism and how the continuation of this DMK government is an insult to the Hindus," Chockalingam claimed.</p>
<p>Chennai: Vishwa Hindu Parishad North <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/tamil-nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> on Saturday sought the immediate removal of Tamil Nadu Minister K Ponmudy from the Stalin Cabinet for his derogatory remarks on Shaivism and Vaishnavism 'symbols,' and said the organisation would hold a statewide protest in support of this demand on April 15.</p>.<p>Condemning the "vulgar" speech of Ponmudy, VHP North TN state president Andal P Chockalingam said while speaking at a DMK event on April 6, the Minister used cheap and vulgar words to demean Hindu symbols, which cannot be tolerated by any civil society.</p>.DMK sacks K Ponmudy as deputy general secretary over his derogatory remarks on women.<p>"Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin should take note of it seriously and if he stands by the secularism that he preaches, he should remove Ponmudy from Minister's post immediately," Chockalingam said.</p>.<p>Ponmudy should not be allowed to continue as a minister and stripping him of the deputy general secretary post in the DMK was only an "eye-wash", Chockalingam said in a statement here.</p>.<p>Though the VHP has ideological differences with the ruling DMK it still wanted the Chief Minister and his office to be above any disrespect and Ponmudi's speech was a direct personal attack on the esteem of the CM office and his household, the VHP leader claimed.</p>.<p>"VHP North TN will take this issue across the nation and expose the DMK's pseudo-secularism and how the continuation of this DMK government is an insult to the Hindus," Chockalingam claimed.</p>