INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Chennai journalists will protest at BJP's state headquarters against S
Shekher Venkataraman, an actor and playwright, has provoked anger by sharing on Facebook a post that disparages the woman journalist who had
objected strongly to the Governor patting her on the cheek on Tuesday
Governor Banwarilal Purohit apologised to journalist Lakshmi Subramanian for the gesture, which was widely seen as offensive
Shekher's page said he should "wash his hands with phenyl" for touching her.The outrageous post has been deleted by S
Shekher, the former AIADMK lawmaker, without apologies
Shekhar and BJP's national secretary H Raja, who is also accused of making comments in bad taste against journalists.The now-deleted post
said the journalist's aim was to "defame the governor and Prime Minister Narendra Modi".In a particularly disgusting comment, it said
"recent complaints show they (journalists) can't become reporters or anchors without sleeping with big shotsUneducated stupid ugly beings
largely in Tamil Nadu media
This woman is no exception."The post also went on to target the media for raising questions on a sex-for-degrees scam, in which a college
professor is accused of pressuring her students to sleep with officials for better marks and money
The professor had claimed links with the governor, which he emphatically denied at a press conference
When Lakshmi Subramanian asked him a question at that press meet, he didn't reply but patted her cheek.The post shared by S
Shekhar said, "More than universities, sex abuse is rampant in the media
It's these people who question the Governor."The 78-year-old governor's apology to the journalist had come with a bizarre
justification."I considered (your) question to be a good one
Therefore, as an act of appreciation for the question that you had posed, I gave a pat on your cheek considering you to be like my
convinced.Earlier, she had tweeted angrily: "Washed my face several times
Still not able to get rid of it
