Senior DMK chief A. Raja was embroiled in a giant controversy when he spewed venom at Lord Ram, saying, “I spit on BJP leaders who say Jai Shri Ram”. He stated this on March 3 whereas addressing a gathering to have a good time the 71st birthday of chief minister M. Okay. Stalin in Coimbatore. Raja stated, ‘if that is your Jai Shri Ram, if that is your Bharat Mata Ki Jai, we’ll 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 place confidence in Ramayana and Lord Ram. For those who say that Ramayana means human concord, the place 4 brother are born as siblings, one Kuravar as brother, one Hunter as brother, one other cash as one other brother, one other cash because the sixth brother, then I don’t settle for Jai Shri Ram.” Raja’s tirade was not confined to Ram and Sanatan Dharma alone. He additionally questioned India’s sovereignty. Raja stated, “Perceive this properly. India just isn’t a nation. One nation means one language, one custom and one tradition. Then solely we are able to say it’s one nation. India just isn’t a nation, it’s a subcontinent. Tamil is one language, one nation, Malayalam is one language, one nation. Oriya is a language, one other nation. All these nations make to change into India. There are such a lot of traditions and cultures. ..For those who pressure individuals to chant ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’, the individuals of Tamil Nadu won’t ever settle for this.” One is astonished to discover a former Union Minister saying all this. A. Raja has a peculiar double character. If he doesn’t think about India a nation, why is he sitting in Indian Parliament after contesting elections? Why did he take oath as per the Indian Structure? Why did he change into a Union Minister on the Centre? A. Raja was the Telecom Minister in Dr Manmohan Singh’s authorities. His title figured in 2G rip-off, he was faraway from cupboard, he remained in jail, he was elected to Parliament 5 occasions, he turned a minister on the Centre 4 occasions, and but, this identical individual is saying, India is a nation. As long as he was the minister on the Centre, India was high-quality as a nation, and when he’s sitting within the opposition benches, he refuses to simply accept India as a nation. Such an angle is stunning. On Tuesday, BJP chief Ravi Shankar Prasad requested whether or not DMK has learn the Structure or not. DMK’s alliance associate Congress was cautious in reacting to this. Congress didn’t hesitate in rejecting A. Raja’s remarks. Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate stated, Congress worshipped Lord Ram as its preferrred, it has religion in Ram, and it condemns A. Raja’s comment. She additionally stated, 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 together 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. Allow us to 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. Because the Chief Minister, Stalin didn’t cease his chief from making such a remark. Later, DMK stated, it was Raja’s private opinion. However now that the Lok Sabha elections are close to, not solely Stalin, however his alliance companions may even have to clarify to the individuals. On Raja’s remarks, I need to make two factors: One, we can not enable individuals to say no matter they need within the title of freedom of speech and expression.
A day earlier than, on Monday, the Supreme Court docket bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta advised 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 stated that his get together would uproot Hindutva. When instances have been filed towards him, he went to the Supreme Court docket searching for reduction within the title of freedom of speech. The SC bench advised his lawyer,”You abuse your rights beneath freedom of speech and proper to freedom of faith, after which come to the Supreme Court docket for cover beneath Article 32? Do you not know the results of what you stated?” The Supreme Court docket clearly stated that freedom of expression doesn’t imply that anyone has the fitting to vitiate the ambiance.
Secondly, DMK leaders like A. Raja and Udhayanidhi Stalin, don’t make such feedback carelessly. That is a part of their political technique. The truth is DMK has began realizing that the BJP is making an attempt 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. That is the explanation why DMK leaders have began spewing venom towards Hindus, Hindutva and Lord Ram.
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