Insulting Hindu gods hallmark of INDIA bloc's political agenda: BJP on DMK MP Raja's remarks
BJP on Tuesday lashed out at the opposition parties' INDIA bloc over reported remarks of DMK leader A Raja against Hinduism and Lord Ram and said insulting India's ethos publicly and humiliating Hindu gods has become the hallmark of their political agenda. Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters here, senior party leader and former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad noted that DMK MP Raja in his latest speech in Tamil has said «India is not a nation. Understand this well. India is never a nation. One nation means one language, one tradition, one culture. Then, only it is a nation. India is not a nation but a sub-continent».
«This is Maoist ideology,» Prasad charged, reacting sharply to the DMK leader's reported remarks.
Prasad further quoted Raja who said in his speech «if this is your Jai Shri Ram, if this is your Bharat Mata Ki Jai, we will never accept that Jai Shri Ram and Bharat Mata. Tamil don't accept. You go and tell (that) we are enemies of Ram».
The BJP leader demanded that the Congress and other INDIA bloc constituents to come out and say if they agree with the DMK leader's remarks.
«We vehemently condemn such remarks,» Prasad charged.
«Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka (Gandhi Vadra), Mallikarjun Kharge, do you consider it (Raja's remarks) right?» he asked.
Defaming India's identity and insulting Indian faith has become a habit and political agenda of INDIA 'gathbandhan', the BJP leader charged.
It is evident that insulting India's ethos publicly, humiliating Hindu gods, and
