Chennai sources reported that Tamilnadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit held a press conference recently to clear his name from a controversy surrounding a professor arrested in the 'sex for degrees' case. Sources added that the Governor walked into another row when he patted the cheek of a woman journalist, without her consent, seemingly to dodge her question.
Meanwhile the incident took place when the 78 year old Governor was about to leave the venue of the crowded press conference on the Professor Nirmala Devi issue at the Raj Bhavan. Moreover the woman journalist, who works with TheWeek, recalled the encounter on Twitter "She asked TN Governor Banwarilal Purohit a question as his press conference was ending and decided to patronizingly and without consent he patted her on the cheek as a reply."
Furthermore calling it unprofessional behavior, the journalist, Lakshmi Subramanian, said it was completely uncalled for to touch a stranger without consent. DMK working President MK. Stalin said "It is not only unfortunate, but unbecoming of a person holding a constitutional post".
