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Chennai: In a controversial move in Tamil Nadu, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has reinstated senior leader K. Ponmudy as the party's Deputy General Secretary, just six months after sacking him for making “vulgar” remarks against Hinduism and women.

Ponmudy, who is the former Forest Minister of Tamil Nadu, was sacked in April after a video of him narrating a story about a man and a sex worker at a public event went viral. In the story, the sex worker compared two Hindu sects, Shaivite and Vaishnavite, to sexual positions. Before narrating the story, the senior leader was heard asking the female audience to not “misunderstand” him.

His remarks had attracted a massive uproar and condemnation, forcing the party to take the s

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