Chennai,  A Tamil Nadu woman, who, according to the BJP, was "hit on the head" by state Revenue Minister K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran, on Wednesday clarified that he rather had tapped on her head with affection.

Addressing the media at the minister's residence, Kalavathi of Palavanatham, said that Ramachandran was related to her and that she had gone to meet him to seek an old age pension for her mother. She said that the minister had then tapped her with affection and did not hit her on her head as made out.

BJP state President K. Annamalai, in a tweet on Tuesday along with a video, said that the Minister "had shown his arrogance toward a poor woman and had hit her on the head while she had approached him with some application".

He had said that the minister should resign from the post for his arrogance or else the party would lay siege to his residence.