COIMBATORE: Electricity minister V Senthil Balaji, who heaped praises on the winning bulls and tamers and showered them with prizes, went silent when the bull belonging to expelled AIADMK leader V K Sasikala entered the arena around 10.35am.
Released by a man wearing the AIADMK party dhoti, the bull played well to the gallery. However, both the event organizers and Senthil Balaji, who was a minister in the AIADMK cabinet before he joined the DMK, did not cheer the bull.
Released by a man wearing the AIADMK party dhoti, the bull played well to the gallery. However, both the event organizers and Senthil Balaji, who was a minister in the AIADMK cabinet before he joined the DMK, did not cheer the bull.
While the announcer kept looking at the minister and Maruthamalai S Senathipathi, the main event organizer, expecting them to announce the prize, there was no response from the duo for a while.
Senathapathi finally broke the silence and announced a gold coin for the bull. When Senthil Balaji did not come forward to hand over the prize, DMK’s IT wing joint secretary R Mahendran was called on to do the same. Within minutes, a bull belonging to Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam leader T T V Dhinakaran entered the arena and it also won the hearts of spectators. This time, the organizing committee did not take much time to announce the prize – a large silver utensil and a hot box – for the bull owner.
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