Sanatan Dharma row: PM Modi's 'give befitting reply' message provocative, says Siddaramaiah
Narendra Modi to advise his ministers to give 'befitting reply' on the Sanatan Dharma row, he would like to remind him of what Atal Bihari Vajpayee had said to him in 2002 on rajdharma. Prime Minister Modi reportedly spoke on both the Sanatan Dharma and the India versus Bharat controversies raging in the country -- in his meeting with the ministers before going for 20th ASEAN-India and 18th East Asia Summits. While PM Modi asked to exercise restraint on the India versus Bharat controversy, and he reportedly told his ministers to give befitting replies to the Sanatan row triggered by Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin's statement that Sanatan is like dengue or malaria.
The Karnataka chief minister said PM Modi's call is not only provocative but also anti-constitutional. "If someone does anything wrong, action must be taken against them as per the law. Prompting people to respond appropriately becomes a call to take the law into their own hands," Siddaramaiah tweeted.
"PM Modi is not just the leader of the BJP, he also sits on the constitutional post of Prime Minister. In such a case, his actions should be in accordance with the dignity and responsibilities of that position. It seems that Narendra Modi is still in his shelter of RSS.
He seems to have forgotten that he is the Prime Minister of 140 crore people of this country. It is a worrisome development that many leaders of his own party and organization are calling for violence, provoked by such statements of the Prime Minister," Siddaramaiah added. "Given the past behaviour of PM Modi, his current statements are not surprising.
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