Mud thrown at Tamil Nadu minister Ponmudy during relief distribution in Villupuram

He said that the people in the area had no issues with him.

"They didn't even spare the district collector. As we were returning after holding talks with the people, they hurled something that appeared to be mud from behind us," Ponmudy later told reporters.

State Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department Minister P K Sekar Babu, accused a political party member and her relative of throwing mud to obstruct Ponmudy from distributing relief to the flood-affected people.

During his visit to Iruvelpattu village, Ponmudy was confronted by several residents who claimed that officials had not visited their isolated village for two days after Cyclone Fengal hit the district. Suddenly, someone from the crowd threw mud at the Minister, soiling his white shirt and the clothes of several officials and police officers, who were accompanying Ponmudy.