While Minister Ponmudi’s speech has come under criticism, a video of an old lady saying that she will not travel without taking a ticket in Coimbatore is being widely shared.
Tamil Nadu Minister Ponmudi recently came under criticism for saying in public that women traveling in government buses are traveling as OCs while speaking at a meeting. In this situation, this morning, an old woman boarded a government bus from Madhukarai, Coimbatore to Balathurai and asked for a voucher after paying money.
When the conductor said that it is free without any money, the old lady OC bought the ticket and gave me the ticket. He also diverted the attention of other passengers traveling in the bus by saying that it was free and insulting the public as OC ticket.
After arguing with the conductor for a long time, the old lady somehow got peace. A passenger in the same bus took a video of the incident on his cell phone and posted it on social media. Now that video is going viral.