OPS 'met PM Manmohan Singh' in Delhi, says Tamil Nadu minister Dindigul Srinivasan
It seems that for Dindigul Srinivasan, the Minister for Forests in the Tamil Nadu government, some things are hard to forget.
In Short
- OPS met PM 'Manmohan Singh': Dindigul Srinivasan
- Srinivasan is Tamil Nadu's minister for forests
- He is a member of the AIADMK, whose majority faction is led by CM E Palaniswami
It has been more than three years since former Prime Minister's Manmohan Singh's second term ended.
But for one Tamil Nadu minister, it seems, some things are hard to forget.
Dindigul Srinivasan, the Minister for Forests, said Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam travelled to New Delhi to meet Prime Minister "Manmohan Singh." His blooper came at an event in Dindigul, a town in Tamil Nadu located around 430 km southwest of Chennai.
Panneerselvam did meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 12. AIADMK members said it was a "courtesy call."
Panneerselvam said he and Modi didn't discuss political issues, and that the PM had promised to get a medical team to look into Tamil Nadu's dengue crisis.
Dindigul Srinivasan's gaffe is mystifying. After all, there's no shortage of news on Narendra Modi. What's more, the PM has even commented on AIADMK party affairs.
When warring party factions merged earlier this year, Modi tweeted congratulations to Chief Minister Palaniswami and O Panneerselvam.
And when floods devastated Chennai in late 2015, Modi flew down to take stock of the damage.
So what happened? Only Dindigul Srinivasan knows for sure.
WATCH | Dindugul Srinivasan says O Panneerselvam met PM "Manmohan Singh" in Delhi. (@madhavpramod1/Twitter)
Forest Min, Dindigul Srinivasan states OPS met with PM Manmohan Singh to help with Dengue, instead of Modi??. @IndiaToday pic.twitter.com/XLiVH4Uc6e- Pramod Madhav (@madhavpramod1) October 29, 2017