‘Sanatana Dharma should be abolished’: Udhayanidhi Stalin in Tamil Nadu meeting | India Information
NEW DELHI: Former deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Tuesday reiterated his remarks calling for the “eradication” of Sanatan Dharma within the Tamil Nadu meeting.Throughout his tackle as Chief of Opposition within the Tamil Nadu meeting, Udhayanidhi mentioned the opposition “won’t allow” any try and sideline “Tamil Thai Vazhthu”, the Tamil invocation track.“Sanatana Dharma, which divides individuals, should definitely be abolished,” he mentioned.Udhayanidhi was highlighting a selected grievance relating to the latest swearing-in ceremony of the brand new authorities, alleging that the state anthem was pushed to the third place within the order of occasions as an alternative of being given its conventional precedence.“Such an incident, which occurred throughout your authorities’s swearing-in ceremony, was a mistake and you shouldn’t allow it to occur once more on this Meeting. We won’t allow it,” he added.He additional mentioned that not simply within the Meeting, however at any authorities occasion or programme held in Tamil Nadu, “Tamil Thai Vazhthu” should all the time be accorded the first place.“I request this authorities to make sure that that is by no means compromised. We should be very vigilant in defending our rights and traditions,” the LoP mentioned.“In governance, DMK is the senior batch and we’re prepared to show you,” he mentioned in a lighter vein, referring to chief minister Vijay and Speaker Prabhakar. Vijay was additionally seen smiling in the course of the remarks.Udhayanidhi’s newest remarks on Sanatan Dharma got here almost three years after an analogous assertion by him triggered a significant political storm throughout India. He had then mentioned Sanatan Dharma was in opposition to the concept of social justice and wanted to be eradicated.Udhayanidhi’s Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam suffered a crushing defeat by the hands of Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam within the Tamil Nadu Meeting elections. Whereas TVK received 108 seats in its debut election, DMK managed to safe solely 59 seats.
