Five suspended after anti-DMK messages appear on digital route display board of TNSTC bus

The bus, belonging to the Villupuram Division of the TNSTC, was plying on the route via Cuddalore, Neyveli, Vriddhachalam, and Perambalur | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Five persons, part of the crew of a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) bus, have been suspended after an anti-DMK message appeared on the rear digital route display board of a TNSTC bus operating from Puducherry to Tiruchi.

The bus, belonging to the Villupuram Division of the TNSTC, was plying along the route via Cuddalore, Neyveli, Vriddhachalam, and Perambalur.

According to official sources, the route board of the bus carried several anti-DMK slogans, as well as jibes against the party’s leaders, including former Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and DMK youth wing president Udhayanidhi Stalin. A video of the messages went viral on social media.