Udhayanidhi Stalin’s ‘eradicate Sanatan Dharma’ remark sparks row; BJP hits out | Oneindia News
Udhayanidhi Stalin, who serves as a Tamil Nadu minister and is the son of Chief Minister MK Stalin, made a controversial statement on Saturday on ‘Sanatan Dharma’ which has triggered a huge outcry with not just the political parties but many citizens slamming him for the comment.
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00:00 Udaya Nidhi Stalin, who serves as the Tamil Nadu minister and is the son of Chief Minister
00:06 M.K.
00:07 Stalin, made a controversial statement on Saturday on Sanatan Dharma, which has triggered
00:11 a huge outcry with not just the political parties but many citizens slamming him for
00:15 the comment.
00:17 The Dravida Munetra Kazhagam, the M.K.
00:19 leader, sparked the row on Saturday after he compared Sanatan Dharma with diseases like
00:24 dengue and malaria and said it is against the idea of social justice and must be eradicated.
00:30 While addressing a press conference in Chennai on Saturday, Udaya Nidhi said, "Few things
00:35 cannot be opposed.
00:36 They should be abolished.
00:38 We can't oppose dengue, mosquitoes, malaria or corona.
00:42 We have to eradicate them.
00:44 In the same way, we have to eradicate Sanatan, rather than opposing it."
00:49 Delhi police has filed a complaint against Udaya Nidhi under sections 120B, 153A, 295
00:54 and 504 of the Indian Penal Code and IT Act for the provocative, inciting and defamatory
01:00 statement against Sanatan Dharma.
01:02 The FIR was filed on the complaint of Supreme Court advocate and social activist Vinit Jindal
01:07 against the Tamil Nadu sports minister's statement.
01:10 Udaya Nidhi's statement triggered a massive backlash on social media with many questioning
01:15 his knowledge of Sanatan Dharma and its deep-rooted connection with Tamil Nadu.
01:20 Numerous individuals urged for legal action to be taken against the Tamil Nadu minister.
01:25 Accusing Udaya Nidhi of peddling a bought-out idea from Christian missionaries, Annamalai
01:30 wrote on X, "The only resolve that the Gopalapuram family has is to accumulate wealth beyond
01:36 the state GDP.
01:37 Theru, Uday Stalin, you, your father, or his or your ideology, have a bought-out idea from
01:44 Christian missionaries and the idea of those missionaries was to cultivate dimwits like
01:48 you to parrot their malicious ideology."
01:50 Further, Annamalai said, "Tamil Nadu is a land of spiritualism.
01:55 The best you can do is to hold a mic in an event like this and rant out your frustration."
02:00 In a similar vein, BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya slammed Udaya Nidhi for his remarks,
02:06 saying that the minister was calling for genocide of 80% population of Bharat who follow Sanatan
02:11 Dharma.
02:12 Rahul Gandhi speaks of "mohabbat ki dukaan," but Congress ally DMK's Skyen talks about
02:17 eradicating Sanatan Dharma.
02:18 Congress's silence is support for this genocidal call.
02:22 India Alliance, true to its name, if given an opportunity, will annihilate the millennia-old
02:27 civilization that is Bharat, he wrote.
02:29 Responding to Mr Malviya's tweet, Stalin wrote, "I never called for the genocide of people
02:34 who are following Sanatan Dharma.
02:36 Sanatan Dharma is a principle that divides people in the name of caste and religion.
02:40 Uprooting Sanatan Dharma is upholding humanity and human equality.
02:43 I stand firmly by every word I have spoken.
02:46 I spoke on behalf of the oppressed and marginalized who suffer due to Sanatan Dharma."
02:51 Slamming Udaya Nidhi for his remarks, author Anand Ranganathan said that Sanatan Dharma
02:56 is an idea and ideas can never be eradicated.
02:59 "Sanatan Dharma is a thought, an idea at once certain and questioning, imploring action
03:04 and inertia using science and spirituality in life and beyond it.
03:08 Sanatan Dharma is a greatest idea and ideas can never be eradicated.
03:12 Aurangzeb tried and failed.
03:14 Who are you Udaya Stalin?" he said in a post on X.
03:18 Meanwhile Congress leader Nana Patel has distanced the party from Mr Stalin's remarks.
03:23 Mr Patel said that the Congress party respects all religions and does not want to make any
03:28 comments that could hurt anyone's sentiments.
03:30 "Congress stand is clear.
03:32 We do not want to comment on any religion or to hurt anyone's sentiments," he said.
03:36 Significantly, Congress is a partner of the DMK in the ruling alliance in Tamil Nadu.
03:41 The DMK, a member of the India bloc, met with other opposition leaders in Mumbai recently
03:45 to streamline strategies for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, where they will be contesting
03:50 against the BJP-led NDA.
03:52 Mr Stalin's remarks came at a writers' conference in Chennai where he said Sanatan Dharma cannot
03:57 be simply opposed but must be eradicated.
04:00 The Tamil Nadu minister argued that the idea is inherently regressive, dividing people
04:05 on the basis of caste and gender, and is fundamentally opposed to equality and social justice.
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