Coimbatore, February 02: “I am a small man and I need this kind of help,” Defence Minister A K Antony today said when a one-foot high wooden stand was placed to help him see the audience from behind a podium at a function here, evoking peels of laughter.
As the diminutive Antony took his place behind the podium to deliver his speech after dedicating a DRDO-BU Centre to the nation at Bharathiyar University here, he said because of the height factor neither can he see the audience nor can they see him, prompting the organisors to bring the wooden stand.
After gaining the needed elevation, Antony said “I am a small man. I need this kind of help.”
Beginning his speech in Tamil, the former Kerala chief minister said “Konjam konjam Tamil theriyum. Pesuvadu Kazhtam, (I know little bit Tamil but it is difficult to speak).
–Agencies