The footage showed Soundararajan approaching the platform and welcoming former Vice-President of India Venkaiah Naidu and Shah, who were sitting next to each other; when she passed them, Shah beckoned her back.
Former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan clarified on Thursday the video of Union Minister Amit Shah having a serious chat with her, which went viral on Wednesday.
Soundararajan said on X that Shah asked her about the post-poll follow-up and obstacles she faced. She stated that, due to a lack of time, he recommended her to focus on “political and constituency work intensively,” which she found “reassuring.” The post, she continued, sought to clarify “all unwarranted speculations around”.
Interestingly, she tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, the official BJP handle, JP Nadda, and even BL Santosh in her message.
On Wednesday, a video showing Shah gesturing sternly at Soundararajan during Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s swearing-in ceremony went viral, fueling speculation that Shah was warning her about recent developments in the BJP’s Tamil Nadu branch.
The footage showed Soundararajan approaching the platform and greeting former Vice-President of India Venkaiah Naidu and Shah, who were sitting next to each other. As she passed past them, Shah beckoned her back.
What followed next was what caught the imagination of netizens, with Shah seen talking in a quite agitated manner, gesticulating quite animatedly with his fingers at Soundararajan.
The conversation set rumour mills working overtime, with many reaching the conclusion that it was Soundararajan’s recent comments to a Tamil media house on the situation in the Tamil Nadu unit of the BJP that led to Shah’s reaction.
Soundararajan had said that many antisocial elements were inducted into the BJP in TN recently, indirectly taking a dig at the leadership of the party’s TN State president K Annamalai.
Soundararajan and Annamalai, who both lost the recent elections in Tamil Nadu, have been at loggerheads over Annamalai’s decisions and manner of functioning.
