“Attempts are being made to point fingers at our Sanatan culture. Attempts are being made to insult our heritage. But they forgot that Sanatan, which even Ravan couldn't destroy with all his arrogance, and which came out unscathed even in the face of atrocities by Babar and Aurangzeb, can never be eradicated. How can these political parasites eradicate Sanatana? They should be ashamed,” UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said.
"At a time when the country is progressing in the right direction, with renewed energy and zeal, while respecting our heritage, some people cannot stomach it. They don't like India's rising global prestige and position. In the Amrit Kaal, India is marking rapid strides, scripting new achievements every day."
To weaken and stall the country's march to progress, some people have resorted to pointing fingers at our Sanatan Dharma." He said Sanatan, which survived the arrogance of Ravan as well as that of Mughal emperors Babar and Aurangzeb, will not be harmed by those openly calling for it to be eradicated.
“Outrageous and vitriolic comments about Sanatan Dharma, this time by… A Raja, reflect the mental bankruptcy and deep-rooted Hinduphobia that engulfs the I.N.D.I.A bloc… Let these hate-mongers be reminded that Sanatan is eternal, Sanatan is truth,” Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan posted on X on Thursday.
Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri called the remarks against Sanatan Dharma “utterly disgusting” and “shameful”, particularly the comparison with diseases. “This kind of permanent brain damage is a possible outcome of when someone bitten by a dengue mosquito takes medicine for HIV… The virus of hate which afflicts some is clearly more dangerous than all the diseases they are coming up with… put together,” Puri said.
In his statement, DMK chief M K Stalin drew on historical critiques of Sanatan principles by leaders such as Tamil reformer Periyar, B R Ambedkar and Saint Vallalaar to underscore a long tradition of questioning discrimination rooted in religious teachings. These critiques, Stalin said, were meant to challenge oppressive ideologies, not the entirety of Sanatan beliefs.
The CM regretted that Udhayanidhi’s remarks had been distorted by “pro-BJP forces unable to tolerate his stance against oppressive principles”. “If the troll army of the BJP spreads these lies, responsible Union ministers and state CMs who belong to the BJP should have cared enough to check what Mr Udhayanidhi had actually spoken, before commenting on him.”
At a press conference in Delhi, asked whether the Congress had raised the issue with the DMK, Congress spokesan Pawan Khera said: “There is no need because we know for a fact that each one of our (INDIA’s) constituents also respects every religion.
"If anybody wants to twist remarks, they are free to do so. It suits the Prime Minister… but every single member of the INDIA alliance has immense respect for all faiths, communities, beliefs and religions.” He also said, “We have very clearly said and we are repeating, that we are not with such comments (anti-Sanatan Dharma comments) from Junior Stalin.
"The Congress has a history of taking every religion and thought together, and we understand that this country is satrangi (multi-hued)."
The DMK’s efforts to cool down the temper did not yield any succeess as party MP A Raja, a Dalit leader. said Udhayanidhi’s remarks were “soft” as he had only talked about “eradicating” Sanatan Dharma like dengue or malaria, diseases which do not have social stigma.
“Once upon a time there was leprosy and recently HIV had a stigma (associated with it)… As far as we are concerned, it (Sanatan Dharma) should be regarded as HIV and leprosy,” Raja said.
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