Controversy: "What is your caste?" PT chief Krishnaswamy asks reporter!

Puthiya Tamilagam (PT) founder K Krishnasamy asked a reporter his caste at a press conference that he called for on Tuesday, which led to heated argument.

“People belonging to the upper castes including Brahmins, Mudaliars and Pillais had come out in large numbers and voted for me. With this, the Puthiya Tamilagam party and I have succeeded in uniting various sections of society and the seeds of social change have been sown,” he said at the press meet.

However, things turned sour as he took questions from reporters at the end. On being asked about his stance in the projects by BJP, like hydrocarbon and NEET and the reason for his loss in Tenkasi, Krishnaswamy said that the reporter who posed the question had ulterior motives and asked "Where are you from?" and "What is your caste?" to the reporter.

He also called the reporters "dishonest." When questioned on his behaviour with the reporter he said, “The reporter kept repeating the same question. What is wrong in asking one’s caste? Is there no caste among you all?” “You don’t run a media house today without religion, caste and language.”