Amidst the uproar over Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader Udhayanidhi Stalin’s controversial remarks on Sanatan Dharma, Pandit Pradeep Mishra, a well-known preacher or kathavachak from Madhya Pradesh, has criticised the INDIA bloc leader. On Thursday, Mr. Mishra made the remarks in Chhindwara, the home turf of former Chief Minister and the State Congress president Kamal Nath, where Mr. Mishra is holding a religious event on the invitation of the Nath family.
Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the ‘Shiv Mahapuran’ event that’s being held from September 5-9, Mr. Mishra took exception to Mr. Udayanidhi Stalin’s purported remarks comparing ‘Sanatan’ to dengue and malaria, and said that the Tamil Nadu Minister should be asked about his own “Sanatani roots”.
“Ask him, weren’t his parents Sanatani? Were his grandfathers and great-grandfathers not Sanatani? If they term Sanatan Dharma as dengue and malaria and corona, then they will also be called children of malaria and dengue and corona,” Mr. Mishra said, when asked for a comment.
