Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday slammed the Indian National Democratic Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc over Sanatan row and said that 'Sanatan Dharma' spreads the message of love across the world.
"What Rishi Sunak said is a clear message for those goons oppressing Sanatana Dharma. However, these goons may not understand this. So they should be sent to a mental health center for treatment," former Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said.
"There are a significant number of people who believe in that ideology, following it and it's a disciplined way of life. They think that Sanatan means only caste system. They project only in that way. So many good things are there," she said.
Amid the firestorm of protest over his son Udhayanidhi Stalin's rant against Sanatan Dharma, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying his actions were in violation of the Constitution.
Amid a nationwide row, erupted after Tamil Nadu Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin's remarks on Sanatana Dharma, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said that "not here to say on anyone's religion as religion and politics are two different things.
"They (the opposition) are making a hue and cry that our country is being called Bharat. But the 'Bharat' name was not created by Narendra Modi...Bharat Varsh was created by Lord Krishna," the Jharkhand Governor said speaking to reporters.
"We have formed the INDIA alliance. So the BJP is nervous. They are saying something or the other...," Lalu Prasad Yadav said speaking to reporters on Thursday.
"Constitution allows us to use India as well as Bharat. We want to know why the chief minister is misleading the people... We do not know what is their motive," BJP's state General Secretary MT Ramesh said.
The controversy created by "Sanatana Dharma" has created a political slugfest in the country. The political rival NDA and INDIA alliance are taking a potshot at each other after Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin equates 'Sanatana Dharma' with "mosquitoes, dengue, malaria, fever and coro
Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Digvijay Singh has said that the Bharatiya Janata Party is politicizing the India-Bharat matter because they want to divert the attention from big issues like inflation and unemployment.