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CHENNAI, SEPT 7
DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Thursday accused the saffron party leaders of “twisting” his statements and vowed to face all cases in this connection legally.
Let us resolve to work for the victory of the ideologies of Periyar, Anna, Kalaignar and Perasiriyar. Let Social Justice flourish forever. pic.twitter.com/Eyc9pBcdaL
— Udhay (@Udhaystalin) September 7, 2023
He also launched a strident attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he was “globe-trotting”, afraid of facing questions over the Manipur violence.
“For the last 9 years, all your (BJP) promises are empty promises. What have you exactly done for our welfare is a question currently being raised in unison by the entire country against an unarmed, fascist BJP government. It is in this background that the BJP leaders have twisted my speech at the TNPWAA conference as ‘inciting genocide’. They consider it a weapon to protect themselves,” he said. What is surprising is that those like Union Minister Amit Shah and Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states were demanding action against him based on “fake news,” Udhayanidhi said.
“In all fairness, I should be the one filing criminal cases and other court cases against them for spreading slander while holding respectable positions. But I am aware that this is their mode of survival. They don’t know how else to survive, so I decided not to do that,” he said.
He was one of the political heirs of Dravidian stalwart, the late CN Annadurai, the founder of the DMK. “Everyone knows that we are not enemies of any religion.” “I would like to quote Anna’s comment on religions which remains relevant even today. If a religion leads people towards equality and teaches them fraternity, then I too am a spiritualist. If a religion divides people in the name of castes, if it teaches them untouchability and slavery, I would be the first person to oppose religion,” he said quoting Annadurai.
He said DMK respects all religions that teach all lives are born equal.
9 ஆண்டு கால ஆட்சியின் தோல்விகளை மறைக்க பாசிஸ்ட்டுகள் பொய்ச்செய்தியை கையில் எடுத்துள்ளார்கள். பாஜகவின் பொய் கூச்சல்களை புறந்தள்ளி,கழகப்பணி – மக்கள் பணிகளில் கவனம் செலுத்தி சமத்துவம் – சமூக நீதி காப்பதற்கான நம் பயணத்தை தொடருவோம். அவதூறுகளை நம்பி களமிறங்கியிருக்கும் ஆதிக்கவாதிகளை,… pic.twitter.com/fzQxEyV3gt
— Udhay (@Udhaystalin) September 7, 2023
“But without an iota of understanding about any of these, Thiru Modi and Co are solely dependent on such slanders to face the Parliamentary elections. On the one hand, I can only feel sorry for them. For the last 9 years, Modi has been doing nothing. Occasionally he demonetises money, builds wall to hide huts, builds new Parliamentary building, erects a Sengol (scepter) there, plays around by changing the name of the country, standing at border and making the white flag work,” he lashed out.
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Has there been any progressive scheme from the Union government in the last nine years like the DMK’s “Pudhumai Penn” or the Chief Minister’s breakfast scheme or the Kalaignar’s women’s rights scheme, he asked. “Have they built the AIIMS in Madurai? Did they take forward any knowledge movement like the Kalaignar centenary library.” “Afraid of having to face questions about Manipur in India, he is globe-trotting along with his friend Adani. The fact is, the ignorance of the people is the capital of their theatrical politics.”
“Thiru Modi and co are using the Sanatana ploy to divert the attention from the facts including the killing of more than 250 people in the riots incited in Manipur and the Rs 7.5 lakh crore corruption,” he charged.
There was a lot of work for the party workers, including preparing for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, he said and asked them to focus on that.
“I would like to inform that I will face the cases filed against me legally with the guidance of our party president (TN CM MK Stalin) and on the advice of our party high command,” he added.
PM commenting against Udhayanidhi without knowing facts unfair: TN CM Stalin
Hon'ble Minister @UdhayStalin didn't call for 'genocide' as distorted by BJP, but only spoke against discrimination. Disheartening to see the 'responsible' Hon'ble Prime Minister, Union Ministers and BJP Chief Ministers ignore facts and driven on fake narratives despite having… pic.twitter.com/F9yrdGjxqo
— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) September 7, 2023
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin said on Thursday that it was ‘unfair’ for Prime Minister to comment on the statement of Udhayanidhi Stalin without properly ascertaining facts.
In a statement, the Chief Minister said that Udhayanidhi Stalin had made some remarks about the “inhuman practices in Sanatan Dharma” which was earlier touched upon by great social reformers of the Indian subcontinent like Thanthai Periyar, Mahatma Gandhi, Sree Narayana Guru, Baba Saheb Ambedkar, Vallalar and Vaikuntar.
He said that these social reformers had spoken against regressive Varnasrama – Manuvad – Sanatan ideologies which justify discrimination based on one’s birth and oppression of women.
The Chief Minister in his statement said that even as the country was launching Chandrayaan to moon, some people were practicing caste discrimination and using the term ‘Sanatan’ to perpetuate the oppression of women who make up more than half of humankind.
He said that Udhayanidhi Stalin had spoken about only such oppressive ideologies and called to eradicate the practices based on these ideologies.
The Chief Minister in the statement said that the pro-BJP forces were unable to tolerate the stance taken by Udhayanidhi and have spread a false narrative that he called for the genocide of people with Sanatan thoughts.
He said that the Prime Minister has all the resources to verify Udhayanidhi’s statement and still it was reported in the national media that he had in the meeting of council of ministers mentioned that a proper response was required to Udhayanidhi.
Stalin charged that the Prime Minister was trying to divert the attention from his government’s failures by invoking Sanatan Dharma.
The Chief Minister also said that the Prime Minister seems to have been rattled by the new opposition INDIA bloc.
He also charged that the BJP seems to be genuinely concerned about the practices in Sanatan but rather were desperate to create divisions within the opposition.
CM Stalin also said that DMK was a political party which believed in the backward, most backward, Scheduled Caste and tribes, minorities and women.
He also said that Tamil Nadu was the first state that provided equal rights to women and added that DMK had given to women what was denied by Sanatan Dharma.
