Summary:
In a video clip of the speech doing the rounds on social media, Leoni can be heard saying women “have lost their figures, putting on weight after consuming the milk of foreign cows”.
People present at the event can be seen clapping and laughing.
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In a controversial video that has now gone viral, DMK leader Dindigul I Leoni has come under fire after making a sexist remark at an election campaign rally in Coimbatore.
In a video clip of the speech doing the rounds on social media, Leoni can be heard saying women “have lost their figures, putting on weight after consuming the milk of foreign cows”.
People present at the event can be seen clapping and laughing.
@KanimozhiDMK kindly restrain speakers like Dindigul Leoni from speaking in the manner they are.
His comments about the hips of women and how they have ballooned are degrading.
You must have seen the video.#TNElection2021
— Sumanth Raman (@sumanthraman) March 24, 2021
The incident took place when Leoni, TV talk show judge and DMK’s propaganda secretary, was campaigning for the party’s Thondamuthur candidate, Karthikeya Sivasenapathy.
Sivasenapathy is the managing trustee of Senaapathy Kangayam Cattle Research Foundation (SKCRF), an NGO working for the welfare of native cattle breeds.
“You know, there are many types of cows.
In farms, you would have seen foreign cows.