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Tamil Nadu has been thrown into turmoil following a typo in a diktat from the State Government that has resulted in sleepless nights for not just politicians and their henchmen but also for the large majority of male voters.
Our Chennai correspondent, who is employed as a clerk in the State Ministry of Freebies, informs us that the problem arose once a leader from the ruling party sent an letter to a high-ranking bureaucrat informing him that: “We have to win the battle of the State Erections. Do whatever you can to ensure this.” Obviously, he meant Elections, but his assistant, who was using a voice recorder Made in China for taking dictation, appears to have transcribed the missive wrongly.
This has led to voters throughout the State being flooded with free porn. The porn has been hand-delivered by party workers, is freely available at all State Government offices, has been mailed, emailed and even MMSed and SMSed to voters in the entire State.
While the new measure has been well-received by a large section of the male population, it has also irked many women voters.
In a clarification issued by DMK leader A Raja, from his well-appointed prison cell, the party said, “It was a honest mistake not like the little 2G matter. However, since our efforts to recover the gifts have been violently opposed, we believe it has been well-received.”
Reacting to this latest gesture of largesse by the DMK, AIADMK leader B Raja said, “This is nothing. We have been promised by Poonam Pandey that she will strip for the whole State if we win the elections.”
Congress leader C Raja said that he has sought the views of the party High Command on the matter. CPI leader D Raja could not be reached for comment. A spokesman for the State Election Commission said that they were carefully studying the matter and would respond after looking into it thoroughly.
The material yet to be distributed has been stored in the high-ranking bureaucrat’s office. The bureaucrat has been holed up in his office dealing with the crisis, his office staff said. However, his office did issue a brief statement stating that: “Since this is April 1, we hope that everyone will realize this is an All Fools’ Day joke.”
[ First published: April 1, 2011
Last updated: April 16, 2011
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