NEW DELHI: Oppositionโs calls for annihilating Sanatana Dharma manifests the frustration and jealousy stemming out of the INDIA blocโs inability to match up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi growing popularity ahead of the 2024 general elections, a senior BJP leader from Tamil Nadu said.
Speaking exclusively to The New Indian, state BJP co-incharge PS Reddy also hailed Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai as โheroโ for driving the party to popularity in face of rampant corruption under the DMK government.
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โINDIA is a divided house. It is a sign of disturbed mind, frustration and jealousy emerging from the growing popularity of PM Modi which is causing these comments,โ Reddy said.
Tamil Nadu BJP vice president Narayan Thirupathy accused chief minister MK Stalin and his minister Udhayanidhi Stalin of stirring up anti-Hindu sentiments to consolidate minority votes.
โDMK leaders including the CM, his son, and other ministers have created a bad narrative to divert peopleโs attention,โ said Thirupathy.
โThey are trying to woo the minorities by abusing Sanatana and Hindus. We are not communal, we are for all religionsโ he added.
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Last week, Stalin Jr compared Sanatana Dharma with diseases like malaria, dengue, and coronavirus. โYou canโt oppose certain things, you need to eradicate them. You canโt oppose malaria, dengue, and coronavirus, they need to be uprooted. Likewise, merely opposing Sanatana Dharma is not enough, it needs to be eradicated,โ he had said, alleging that the ancient way of Hindu life promotes discrimination.
Thirupathy, however, described Sanatana Dharma as โeternal way of lifeโ. โHow can they be allowed to hurt the sentiments of crores of people who follow Sanatana Dharma? They are using nasty words. We can also use such words for the DMK, but it is not in our culture.โ
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He added that the DMK leaders were trying to subvert the attention of the people from real issues
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The leader said that the DMKโs misrule has turned the tide in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Tamil Nadu. โThe DMK is for corruption, by corruption, and of corruption. Unlike the DMK and Congress, nobody in our party is on bail or in jail,โ they told reporters at a press conference in Delhi.
Reddy said: โThe DMK is speaking against the country because they are worried by Annamalaiโs padyatra campaign โMeri Maati Mera Deshโ. He is driving change in Tamil Nadu. He is seen as a hero and a savior who will change Tamil Nadu politics. People want change.โ
