Nainar on dais at Modi function sparks protocol row
I do not know under what protocol he was allowed to sit there,” he said, calling it a serious mistake. Warning that it set a “bad precedent”, he asked what would happen if state govts across India began accommodating their party functionaries at official events. He said his party had even barred its functionaries from visiting govt schools. Echoing the criticism, Tagore said govt protocol permitted ministers, local MPs and MLAs to occupy the dais. “Under what protocol was he allowed to sit there?” he asked, questioning Nagendran’s inclusion despite his electoral defeat in Sattur.
Alleging misuse of official protocol, Nirmal Kumar accused the Union govt of using official functions to promote BJP functionaries. “He is neither an MLA nor an MP. Tagore also expressed surprise at Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari ’s absence from the function, where Modi inaugurated a section of the Thirumangalam–Kollam four-lane highway passing through his Virudhunagar constituency.
Madurai: TVK minister C T R Nirmal Kumar and Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Sunday questioned Tamil Nadu BJP president Nainar Nagenthran’s seating alongside Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Vijay at a Union govt function in Chennai.