Team News Riveting
Chennai, September 6
Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked his cabinet colleagues to stay away from the Sanatana Dharma controversy, the DMK got its leaders to up its ante on the issue.
The Tamil Nadu’s ruling party wants to demonstrated that it has been unfazed by the ruling BJP’s extraordinary interest on the Sanatana Dharma issue. Backing the youth wing secretary, Udhayanidhi Stalin, DMK deputy general secretary cum Nilgiris Member of Parliament (MP) A Raja on Wednesday dared the Union Home Amit Shah for a public debate on Sanatana Dharma.
Speaking at the condemnation protest organized by Secular Progressive Alliance against the Vishwakarma Yojana scheme launched by the BJP-led NDA government, Raja said, “Bring anyone from the BJP. I am ready for a public debate on Sanathana Dharma. The vishwakarma Yojana scheme is a manifestation of Sanatana Dharma.” “Udhayanidhi has spoken softly. I would go hard at Sanatana Dharma, ” he added.
His statement comes a day after he dared the BJP for a debate on the issue and said, “I dare Amit Shah from Puduvai (Puducherry). Let it be anyone from the BJP, or yourself (Amit Shah). Let us have an open debate in Delhi. Let one lakh people gather. Let us debate Sanatana Dharma. Let the people of the country decide who is right? I am ready. DMK is ready. Are you ready?” Raja said at the meeting organized by his party in Puducherry ruled by BJP ally NR Congress.
“Only because of that you are home minister, otherwise you would have been doing something else. Only because we fought Sanatana Dharma, Tamizhisai Soundararajan is Governor now, Vanathi Srinivasan is an advocate. Only because we destroyed it, Annamalai is IPS, instead of rearing cattle.,” the former Union Minister said.
