Chennai, October 27: Pon Radhakrishnan, BJP MP from Tamil Nadu and Union Minister of State for Finance and Shipping, in an event in Tamil Nadu, Nagapattinam district, refused to go up the stage and deliver his talk, not because of any security reason but because he was unhappy with the low turnout at the event.

There were only 20 people present at the venue when the minister refused to go up the stage.

The minister not only got irked at the low attendance but reportedly also reprimanded the state health department officials. The video footage of the minister talking angrily to the state health officials have been going viral on social media.

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The minister refused to deliver a speech and said that he would only go up the stage when more people are called to the event. Finally, it was only when the event organisers managed to get a few more people that the union minister went up the stage and delivered his speech.

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