Days after Tamil Nadu Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin's remarks on 'Sanatana Dharma' sparked a nationwide row, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Tuesday questioned the origin of Hinduism.
Union Minister Arjun Munda has slammed DMK leader and Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin over his remark on Sanatan Dharma and said the comment equating religion with diseases like dengue and malaria shows the leader's “cheap mentality”.
They wrote a letter to the CJI stating that the Supreme Court had directed the government and police authorities to take suo motu action in hate speech cases without waiting for the lodging of formal complaints.
The BJP, in a veiled swipe at the son of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, said that the leader's remark is “unadulterated hate speech” and alleged that his comment was a call for ‘genocide’ of 80 per cent of the country that follows Sanatana Dharma.
Speaking to ANI, Bharti on Monday said, “It (the remark) is highly condemnable. The INDIA alliance should apologise to the nation. He is Stalin's son and associated with the INDIA alliance. If the INDIA alliance leaders do not apologise, it will cost them.”
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa on Monday targeted Congress over the recent remarks by DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin against 'Sanatana Dharma', saying that the main culprit for the controversy is Congress MP Rahul Gandhi.
Slamming all political parties over the ongoing Sanatana Dharma row, the head priest of Telangana’s Chilkur Balaji Temple Rangarajan on Monday asked whether all parties are having a partnership to denigrate ‘Sanatana Dharma’.
The Chief Minister said, “I want to ask Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, you used to talk about Mohabbat Ki Dukan. Is your Mohabbat Ki Dukan filled with so much hatred, so much poison against Sanatan Dharma, Hindutva? Was the meeting you hel
Unfazed by attacks from various leaders, Tamil Nadu Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development Udhayanidhi Stalin on Monday said that he would repeat the same thing again and again as he has included all religions and not just Hindus.
Congress leader Karan Singh on Monday strongly objected to DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin's comments calling for the "eradication of Sanatana Dharma", saying that it is "most unfortunate" and "totally unacceptable".
"This incident happened 3 days ago. Udayanidhi said this in a seminar. It was not a slip of the tongue. It is as if a competition has begun to demean and insult India's civilisation, faith and Sanatana Dharma or Hindu Dharma...," Dharmendra Pradhan said during a press conference in Delhi.
Reacting to DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin's statement that he will not take back his remarks on Sanatana Dharma, Union Minister V Muraleedharan said that the Tamil Nadu minister lacks understanding of the principles of Sanatana Dharma.