After Amit Shah, Sitharaman targets INDIA over Sanatan Dharma row: ‘Congress too
Karti Chidambaramsaid there was nothing wrong in what Udhayanidhi said as Sanatan in common Tamil parlance means caste hierarchical society. "What Udhayanidhi meant is caste hierarchical society needs to be eliminated, It has no other deeper philosophical meaning as others seem to attribute towards it.
For time immemorial, Sanatan Dharma means caste hierarchical system," Karti Chidambaram said adding that there was no call for genocide in Udhayanidhi's statement. The 'genocide call' stemmed from BJP's accusation as BJP's Amit Malviya said eradicating Sanatan means a call for wiping out 80% population of the country.
Tamil Nadu Congress leader Lakshmi Ramachandran said in Tamil Nadu Sanatan means Hindutva which is the 'greatest threat' to Hindus and Hinduism. "Hindutva has divided our society, has othered the minorities, used my religion politically to spread hatred," Lakshmi Ramachandran said.
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