Irresponsible, derogatory: Tamil Nadu Health Minister faces flak for comment on North Indian students
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Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian claimed that an increase in Covid cases in northern states is leading to the emergence of clusters in state universities.
Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian has kicked up a storm after blaming students from North India for the spike in Covid cases in the state.
"North Indian students are spreading Covid in Tamil Nadu. Covid cases have started to increase in educational institutions like IIT and Anna University. In northern states like Delhi, Haryana, UP, the cases are increasing every day, so when students from these states reach these institutions, new clusters emerge," Subramanian said, addressing a press meet on Covid.
BJP leader Jitin Prasada lashed out at the health minister, saying disease and pandemics do not know any state boundaries or borders. He called the remark "extremely irresponsible, derogatory and insulting."
Disease and pandemics do not know any state boundaries or borders as we have all experienced. This is an extremely irresponsible and derogatory statement by the Heath minister of TN, insulting North Indians. https://t.co/FVRULhoxHY
Prasada said, "This is an extremely irresponsible and derogatory statement by the health minister of TN, insulting North Indians."
