C Ponnaiyan is one of the founding members of Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and is a four-time member of the Tamil Nadu legislative Assembly from Tiruchengode constituency. He has served as ,inister of Finance, Education, Industry, Agriculture, Cooperation, Highways, Transport, Law and IT.

In an earlier interview with The Quint, Subhasri’s father, Ravi, questioned why an incident as grave as this hasn’t prompted the ruling party to ensure that illegal hoardings are no longer erected.

He said that AIADMK or Jayagopal’s representatives hadn’t reached out to the family so far. “Had they (AIADMK) filed an affidavit, then we can trust them. But because they aren’t filing one, I have my doubts that they could cause yet another accident,” said her father Ravi.

He said that others, including DMK and film stars like Kamal Haasan, have promised to say no to the illegal banner menace by filing affidavits at the Madras High Court.