Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi founder and Chidambaram M.P., Thol. Thirumvalavan, on Sunday criticised the decision to award Bharat Ratna to senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani.
In a statement, he charged India’s highest civilian award has been given to a person who pursued a politics of majoritarian hate against minorities.
“Mr Advani brought down V.P. Singh’s government which recommended reservations for Hindu OBCs (Other Backward Classes) in India. He undertook Rath Yatra, which became a ‘Ratha yatra’ (yatra of blood) against Shudras of India. He was instrumental in demolition of Babri Masjid and spreading hate against Muslims,” the VCK leader alleged.
