Two days after his Sanatan Dharma comment, police has increased security to Tamil Nadu state minister Udhayanidhi Stalin’s residence. At present, ten police personnel have been deployed at his official residence and ten at his residence in ECR.
Security was beefed up after Udhayanidhi Stalin received death threats over his remarks to eradicate the regressive principals in Sanatan Dharma caused several groups to start protests against him.
#WATCH | Security tightened outside the residence of Tamil Nadu Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin in Chennai after he was given a death threat regarding his ‘Sanatana Dharma should be eradicated’ remark. pic.twitter.com/r3HSLCBmab— ANI (@ANI) September 5, 2023
Stalin junior’s comments snowballed into a massive controversy. The row further deepened after Congress leader Karti Chidambaram, on Sunday, seemed to “support” Udhayanidhi.
Udhayanidhi had said, “There are some things which we have to eradicate and we can’t merely oppose. Mosquitoes, dengue fever, malaria, corona, all these are things which we cannot oppose, we have to eradicate them. Sanatanam is also like this. Eradicating, not opposing, Sanatanam should be our first task.”
Communist Party of India general secretary D Raja also supported Udhayanidhi and said that ‘Sanatan Dharma’ “perpetuates casteism and patriarchy”. “I don’t think Udhay said anything wrong. We must fight against ‘Sanatan Dharma’.”
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin’s son remained undeterred from the criticism and posted on X saying, “Bring it on. I am ready to face any legal challenge. We will not be cowed down by such usual saffron threats. We, the followers of Periyar, Anna, and Kalaignar, would fight forever to uphold social justice and establish an egalitarian society under the able guidance of our honourable CM.”
Speaking exclusively to News18, Udhayanidhi said, “It’s their (BJP’s) habit of spreading fake news. I will always stick to whatever I said, and I will say it again and again. I never spoke about genocide. I only spoke about ‘Sanatan’, what practices they follow, and I definitely stand against it. I will never step back from whatever I said.”
BJP leaders in Delhi sought an apology from Udhayanidhi Stalin for his comments and submitted a protest letter to the state’s resident commissioner on Monday.
A delegation from the BJP’s Delhi unit, including its president Virendra Sachdeva, MPs Harsh Vardhan and Parvesh Verma, visited the Tamil Nadu House to submit the protest letter addressed to Chief Minister MK Stalin.
With inputs from News18
