DUNGARPUR (Rajasthan), Sept 3: Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday lashed out at opposition INDIA coalition parties over DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin’s remarks against ‘Sanatan Dharma’, accusing them of insulting ‘Sanatan Dharma’ for votebank and appeasement politics.
Alleging that ‘Sanatan Dharma’ is against equality and social justice, Tamil Nadu Youth Welfare Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin has said it should be eradicated.
Shah said DMK leaders, including the Tamil Nadu chief minister’s son, are saying that ‘Sanatan Dharma’ should be abolished. He also accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of calling Hindu organisations more dangerous than the Lashkar-e-Taiba.
“These people have talked about ‘Sanatan Dharma’ for votebank appeasement. They have insulted (‘Sanatan Dharma’),” BJP leader Shah said at a public rally at Beneshwar Dham in Dungarpur district on the launch of the party’s Parivartan Yatra in poll-bound Rajasthan.
Beneshwar Dham, a pilgrimage site for people from tribal communities, is located at the confluence of the Som, Mahi and the Jakham rivers on the Banswara-Dungarpur border.
Shah alleged that it was not the first time that votebank appeasement was in play.
“Manmohan Singh had said that minorities have the first right on the budget. We say that Dalits, tribals and backward (classes) have the first right,” he said.
Shah also alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had said “Hindu organisations are more dangerous than the Lashkar-e-Taiba”.
“You compare Hindu organisations with Lashkar-e-Taiba. Your minister used to say that Hindu terror is going on. This INDIA alliance can go to any extent for votebank and appeasement politics,” the senior BJP leader claimed.
On Saturday, Udhayanidhi referred to ‘Sanatan Dharma’ as ‘Sanatanam’ during his address in Tamil at a Tamil Nadu Progressive Writers and Artists Association meet in Chennai.
“What is Sanatanam? The very name is only from Sanskrit. Sanatan is against equality and social justice and nothing else. What is the meaning of Sanatan? It is eternal, that is, it cannot be changed; no one could pose any question and that is the meaning.”
Shah also dubbed the INDIA bloc as “ghamandiya gathbandhan”, Shah said the alliance can go to any extent for votebank politics but “the more they talk against ‘Sanatan Dharma’, the less they will be visible”.
“They say that if Modi wins, ‘Sanatan’ rule will come. ‘Sanatan’ is ruling the hearts of the people. Modi has said the country will run on the basis of the Constitution,” Shah said, adding that the prime minister has worked to secure the nation. (PTI)
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