Amit Shah accuses INDIA alliance of insulting 'Sanatan dharma' for votebank politics
Amit Shah on Sunday came down heavily on the INDIA alliance 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.
Addressing a conference in Chennai on Saturday, Udhayanidhi said «Few things cannot be opposed, they should only be abolished. We can't oppose Dengue, mosquitoes, Malaria, or Corona, we have to eradicate them. In the same way, we have to eradicate Sanatana (Sanatan Dharma). Rather than merely opposing Sanatana, it should be eradicated.»
Shah said DMK leaders, including the son of Tamil Nadu chief minister, are saying that 'Sanatan dharma' should be abolished.
«These people have talked about 'Sanatan dharma' for votebank appeasement. They have insulted ('Sanatan dharma'),» BJP leader Shah said at a public rally in Dungarpur on the launch of the Parivartan Yatra in poll-bound Rajasthan.
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Dubbing the INDIA alliance 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
