Udhayanidhi Stalin flags Mahabharata, no invite for President Murmu in Sanatan Dharma remark row
Sanatana Dharma" remark. While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been relentless in their demand for apology from Stalin, also seeking Congress' response to the remark, Udhayanidhi has refused to budge from his stance.
The junior Stalin has reiterated in his public statements ‘ I will say this again and again’ that Sanatan Dharma should be eradicated, not just opposed. Udhayanidhi Stalin when asked to provide an example of discrimination being practised under Sanatan Dharma, flagged President Droupadi Murmu, a member of the indigenous community in India, not being invited for the inauguration of the new Parliament Building on 28 May in Delhi.
“The President of India Droupadi Murmu was not invited for the inauguration of the Parliament. That is an example of Sanatana Dharma," Udhayanidhi, the son of Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin, told reporters on Tuesday.
On 5 September, Udhayanidhi's post on micro blogging platform ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) referring to Mahabharata's Dronacharya and his treatment of Ekalavya, courting another controversy after his remarks on 'Sanatana Dharma'. Stating that teachers always think of future generations, Udhayanidhi Stalin said in a veiled reference to the Mahabharata's Ekalavya, that the ties between teachers who preach virtues without demanding the "thumb" and the Dravidian movement are long and will continue forever.
In the epic Mahabharata, Dronacharya, an expert in military warfare, mocks Ekalavya, who is from a tribal community, by asking for the impossible sacrifice of his right thumb as 'guru dakshina' when he seeks to learn archery from him. Ekalavya, despite losing his thumb to Dronacharya, goes on to master archery on his own by observing him teaching the Kaurava and
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