HC cautions persons in power against "fissiparous" remarks; slams police on Sanatana Dharma issue
DMK ministers who had participated in an anti-Sanatana Dharma meeting held here in September. Those in power should rather concentrate on eradicating drugs and other social evils, Justice G Jayachandran said.
The judge made the observations in a recent order while dismissing a petition filed by Magesh Karthikeyan, who sought a direction to the police to permit him to conduct a «Conference for eradicating Dravidian ideology and coordinating Tamils.»
The petition was filed in the wake of a «Sanatana Dharma Eradication Conference» held here in September, in which DMK leader and TN Youth Welfare and Sports Development Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin participated and made some purported remarks against Sanatana Dharma, which had created a huge controversy.
State minister PK Sekar Babu also reportedly attended the meet.
Pulling up the police for their failure to take action against members of the ruling party and the ministers who had participated in the anti-Sanatana Dharma conclave, the judge said persons in power should realise the danger of speech with «fissiparous tendency and behave responsibly and restrain themselves from propagating views which will divide people in the name of ideology, caste and religion.»
«Instead they may concentrate on eradicating intoxicating drinks and drugs which are injurious to health, corruption, untouchability and other social evil,» the judge noted.
The court said the petitioner in his representation had referred about the anti-Sanatana meeting held on September 2, 2023 at Kamarajar Arangam here, titled «Sanatana Ozhippu Maanaadu».
Citing the same, he wants to conduct a meeting under the name of eradicating Dravidian ideology and coordinating Tamils.
The Court had earlier not passed any
