Former Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and actor Udhayanidhi Stalin is facing flak for a comment he made during a speech on the Cauvery water issue in Thanjavur. The internet has accused him of making a double-entendre comment about Trisha Krishnan while talking about the Chief Minister of TN and actor Vijay.

Udhayanidhi was talking about the Cauvery water issue and said in Tamil, “Our CM is not opening his mouth about the Cauvery water issue. He’s more worried about putting false cases on the DMK,” referring to his party. When someone from the audience chanted Trisha’s name, he smiled and and made about Cauvery and an apparent remark about Trisha as people around him cheered and hooted.

The internet, however, did not find it as funny as the people around him did. They also accused him of directing the double entendre comment towards Trisha. “Udhayanidhi, who spoke irrelevant double-entendre words that were vulgar and indecent about actress Trisha in front of thousands of men, staging a so-called farmers' struggle as a theatrical farce!” slammed one X (formerly Twitter) user. “Made his Mom, Daughter and wife so Proud,” slammed another.

This is, unfortunately, not the first time Trisha has been spoken of in an objectionable manner, while the main target was Vijay. Since their rumoured relationship came to light, those in the cine and political fields have felt free to talk about it. Earlier this year, TN BJP leader Nainar Nagendran remarked that Vijay should ‘come out of Trisha’s house’ before entering politics. Her legal team responded on her behalf at the time.