BJP Tamil Nadu unit chief Tamilisai Soundararajan Tuesday visited an autorickshaw driver, whose alleged manhandling here after he posed a question to her on rising fuel prices triggered a controversy, and enquired about his well-being. The BJP leader's visit to the residence of Kathir in the city came a day after a video clip purportedly showing the man being shoved aside went viral on the social media, drawing widespread criticism of her.

After the visit, Soundararajan told reporters that she called on the driver as a "wrong depiction" was being made out regarding the incident. On Monday, she had asserted the man "was not manhandled as is being claimed by some channels. I did not even see him, but I did answer his question," she had told PTI. The BJP leader uploaded a video of her visit to the house of Kathir on Twitter in which she is seen having a casual interaction with him enquiring about his well-being and offering sweets to his family members.