Senior DMK chief A. Raja was embroiled in an enormous controversy when he spewed venom at Lord Ram, saying, “I spit on BJP leaders who say Jai Shri Ram”. He mentioned this on March 3 whereas addressing a gathering to have fun the 71st birthday of chief minister M. Okay. Stalin in Coimbatore. Raja mentioned, ‘if that is your Jai Shri Ram, if that is your Bharat Mata Ki Jai, we are going to by no means settle for Jai Shri Ram and Bharat Mata. Tamil Nadu won’t settle for. You go and inform, we’re enemies of Ram.”
The DMK chief went on to say, “I don’t have faith in Ramayana and Lord Ram. If you say that Ramayana means human harmony, where four brother are born as siblings, one Kuravar as brother, one Hunter as brother, another money as another brother, another money as the sixth brother, then I don’t accept Jai Shri Ram.” Raja’s tirade was not confined to Ram and Sanatan Dharma alone. He additionally questioned India’s sovereignty. Raja mentioned, “Understand this well. India is not a nation. One nation means one language, one tradition and one culture. Then only we can say it is one nation. India is not a nation, it is a subcontinent. Tamil is one language, one nation, Malayalam is one language, one nation. Oriya is a language, another nation. All these nations make to become India. There are so many traditions and cultures. ..If you force people to chant ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’, the people of Tamil Nadu will never accept this.” One is astonished to discover a former Union Minister saying all this. A. Raja has a peculiar double character. If he doesn’t contemplate India a nation, why is he sitting in Indian Parliament after contesting elections? Why did he take oath as per the Indian Constitution? Why did he turn out to be a Union Minister on the Centre? A. Raja was the Telecom Minister in Dr Manmohan Singh’s authorities. His identify figured in 2G rip-off, he was faraway from cupboard, he remained in jail, he was elected to Parliament 5 occasions, he grew to become a minister on the Centre 4 occasions, and but, this similar particular person is saying, India is a nation. So lengthy as he was the minister on the Centre, India was tremendous as a nation, and when he’s sitting within the opposition benches, he refuses to just accept India as a nation. Such an perspective is shocking. On Tuesday, BJP chief Ravi Shankar Prasad requested whether or not DMK has learn the Constitution or not. DMK’s alliance accomplice Congress was cautious in reacting to this. Congress didn’t hesitate in rejecting A. Raja’s remarks. Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate mentioned, Congress worshipped Lord Ram as its preferrred, it has religion in Ram, and it condemns A. Raja’s comment. She additionally mentioned, alliance companions must be cautious whereas talking on such topics.
RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav described A. Raja’s feedback as his private opinion, however added that RJD doesn’t agree along with his opinion. Later within the day, DMK spokesperson T Okay S Elangovan distanced his get together from Raja’s remarks saying it was solely Raja who can clarify why he made such feedback. Let us recollect: it was A. Raja, who, within the presence of CM M Okay Stalin, on July 3, 2022, raised the demand for a separate nation. As the Chief Minister, Stalin didn’t cease his chief from making such a remark. Later, DMK mentioned, it was Raja’s private opinion. But now that the Lok Sabha elections are close to, not solely Stalin, however his alliance companions can even have to clarify to the individuals. On Raja’s remarks, I need to make two factors: One, we can not permit individuals to say no matter they need within the identify of freedom of speech and expression.
A day earlier than, on Monday, the Supreme Court bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta informed the lawyer of Udhayanaidhi Stalin, son of M Okay Stalin and a minister in DMK authorities, that the minister just isn’t a layman and he ought to know the results of his remarks on Sanatan Dharma. Udhayanidhi Stalin had in contrast Hindutva with ailments like malaria and dengue and had mentioned that his get together would uproot Hindutva. When circumstances had been filed in opposition to him, he went to the Supreme Court looking for reduction within the identify of freedom of speech. The SC bench informed his lawyer,”You abuse your rights underneath freedom of speech and proper to freedom of faith, after which come to the Supreme Court for cover underneath Article 32? Do you not know the results of what you mentioned?” The Supreme Court clearly mentioned that freedom of expression doesn’t imply that anyone has the suitable to vitiate the ambiance.
Secondly, DMK leaders like A. Raja and Udhayanidhi Stalin, don’t make such feedback carelessly. This is a part of their political technique. The actuality is DMK has began realizing that the BJP is attempting to organize its base in Tamil Nadu. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Rameswaram, he sat in Ranganathaswamy temple and heard the recital of Kamban Ramayana, earlier than performing the consecration of Ram Lala idol in Ayodhya on January 22. This is the rationale why DMK leaders have began spewing venom in opposition to Hindus, Hindutva and Lord Ram.
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