Amid a row over Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin's remarks, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader Durai Vaiko on Friday stressed on the necessity of religion but suggested that it should be based on the principles of freedom and equality.
"Sanatan means universal and cultural tradition and it should not be interpreted in any other form. It is a wilfully made dispute. I request to put the nation first," Goa Governor Pillai told ANI.
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Pralhad Joshi, on Friday questioned the silence of the Opposition bloc — INDIA — over former DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin's rant against Sanatan Dharma.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday launched the 'Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thogai Thittam' scheme (Kalaignar Women's rights fund scheme) at Kanchipuram Pachayappa College.
CM Dhami, while comenting on DMK leader and Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin's 'Sanatana Dharma' remark, said, "This remark is highly condemnable. It shows the poor thinking of the INDIA alliance...In 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the public will teach them a lesson..."
Days after sparking controversy with his remark on Sanatana Dharma, Tamil Nadu Minister and DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin slammed Union Home Minister Amit Shah's comment on "Hindi being a uniting force in India," and said that Home Minister should stop oppressing non-Hindi languages by call
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday wrote to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar urging him to initiate diplomatic efforts with the Sri Lanka government to secure the release of 17 fishermen detained by the Lankan Navy.
Hitting out at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for creating an issue out of the 'Sanatan Dharma' remark by Tamil Nadu Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, Chief Minister and DMK leader MK Stalin termed the party "expert in diverting real issues".
"Simply people are taking one or two lines from nowhere and they want to say it is bad. Everything has its own positives and negatives. Whatever is negative, we are eradicating," Jharkhand Governor CP Radhakrishnan said.
After the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) called the coordination committee meeting an anti-Hindu meeting, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said that every religion in this country is respected.