Malayalam rapper Vedan has been accused of multiple cases including sexual assault, outraging modesty, and a drug and wildlife case. Recently, he met Tamil Nadu Minister for School Education, Tamil Development, Information and Publicity, Rajmohan Arumugam, and actor Vijay. Singer Chinmayi Sripaada took to her X account to react to the news.
Chinmayi questions Vijay and Rajmohan platforming Vedan, saying she hoped they would be different from the previous regime. She revealed that she was once supposed to work with Vedan but turned down the project after learning about the allegations against him.
Chinmayi explained that while women who name him get no support, men get platformed. She stated that the problem remains where women in similar social groups get no support when they want to name men like Vedan and stand alone because the man is a 'hero', a 'leader' and the women have to tolerate his transgressions for the 'greater good'.
Chinmayi also re-posted a video of Vedan meeting the former deputy chief minister of Tamil Nadu and actor-producer, Udhayanidhi Stalin, writing, 'I have basically given up asking them not to platform a molester.'
