DMK leader and Lok Sabha MP A. Raja said that Sanatana Dharma was like the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that needed to be destroyed.
Raja said Udhayanidhi Stalin’s remarks about Sanatan Dharma was soft and the state minister had only said Sanatan Dharma should be eradicated like dengue and malaria, which does not have social stigma, PTI news agency reported.
“If Sanatan Dharma should be commented in disgusting terms; once upon a time the leprosy and recently the HIV had stigma and as far as we are concerned, it should be regarded like HIV and leprosy that had social stigma,” he said on Wednesday.
“Udhayanidhi’s comments were mild and soft and if you ask me I will talk tough,” he said.
Raja, a former Union Minister during the UPA regime, said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi advocates following Santan Dharma and had he followed it, he must not have visited so many foreign countries.
“A good Hindu should not cross sea and go to a foreign country. Your (Modi) job is to go places,” said Raja.
The senior DMK leader challenged Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah to debate Varnasrama and Sanatan Dharma in Delhi in the presence of Sankaracharyas.
Udhayanidhi Stalin has been facing the hate campaign from Hindutva corners over his statements against Sanatan Dharma.
Responding to hate campaigns, Udhayanidhi Stalin stated that he firmly stands by every word he has spoken.
“I spoke on behalf of the oppressed and marginalized, who suffer due to the Sanatan Dharma,” he had said.
“Let me reiterate the crucial aspect of my speech: I believe, like the spread of diseases like COVID-19, Dengue, and Malaria by mosquitoes, that Sanatan Dharma is responsible for many social evils,” he said.
