Tamil Nadu Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin’s comments calling for the “eradication of Sanatana Dharma”, has triggered a political row. At a conference organised by the Tamil Nadu Progressive Writers Artists Association in Chennai on Saturday, he had said a few things could not be opposed but had to be eradicated. “Just like dengue, mosquitoes, malaria, or coronavirus need to be eradicated, we have to eradicate Sanatana,” he said.
Reacting sharply at the launch of the BJP’s ‘Parivartan Yatra’ at Dungrpur in poll-bound Rajastahan on Sunday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah accused the DMK and its ally the Congress of “insulting Sanatana Dharma” for vote bank politics. Citing Congress MP Karti P Chidambaram’s defence of Mr. Udhayanidhi, he alleged that these were clear calls by them for the abolition of Sanatana Dharma.
“These people have talked about Sanatana Dharma for votebank appeasement. They have insulted (Sanatana Dharma),” he charged. Dubbing the INDIA bloc as “ghamandiya gathbandhan” (haughty alliance), Mr. Shah said it could go to any extent for vote bank politics but the more they talked against Sanatana Dharma, the less they would be visible.
