Chennai, April 11 -- Singer Chinmayi Sripaada has slammed Tamil Nadu Forest Minister K Ponmudy after he made controversial remarks on Hinduism and women. She said that the minister described the joke because apparently there is a market for these jokes in a public gathering.

"This is Minister of Forests, Mister Ponmudi from Tamil Nadu. He previously held posts as a Minister for Science and Tech and Education in Tamil Nadu. He describes a 'joke' because apparently there is a 'market' for these jokes in a public gathering about a man who goes to a sex worker's house," Sripaada posted.

"Apparently, she asks the man if he is Shaivite or Vaishnavite and goes on to describe in detail about positions if the man were Shaivite or Vaishnavite. Su...