Tamil Nadu Minister for Electricity, Excise, and Prohibition, V. Senthilbalaji, on Monday, May 15, 2023, filed four private defamation complaints against YouTuber A. Shankar known as Savukku Shankar.
On Monday, Mr. Balaji accompanied by senior counsel and Rajya Sabha MP P.Wilson filed four complaints at Saidapet Court, pertaining to four different references to him by Mr. Shankar .
In one of the complaints, Mr. Balaji pointed out that in one of the YouTube videos Mr. Shankar had said that Mr. Balaji is the next ‘Eknath Shinde’ of Tamil Nadu and stated that the complainant (Mr. Balaji) would split the DMK party and thereby bring down the Tamil Nadu government similar to what has taken place in Maharashtra.
