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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh hit out at the opposition over DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin’s comments on Sanatan Dharma
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on September 4 hit out at the opposition over DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin's comments on Sanatan Dharma, wondering why Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Ashok Gehlot are "silent" on the issue. Addressing a public meeting at Ramdevra here on the launch of the third round of the BJP's Parivartan Yatra in Rajasthan, he also took a jibe at Rahul Gandhi, saying Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on south pole of Moon, but "Rahulyaan" could neither be launched nor landed.
On Udhayanidhi Stalin's comments, Mr. Singh said, "I want to ask [Rajasthan Chief Minister] Ashok Gehlot why he does not speak, why Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, [Congress president Mallikarjun] Kharge do not say what is their thinking on Sanatan Dharma." He said the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), a part of the INDIA bloc, has hurt Sanatan Dharma and the Congress leaders are "silent" on the issue.
"INDIA bloc members should apologise for the insult to Sanatan Dharma or the country won't forgive them," he said. The DMK leader should be asked for an explanation over his comments, Singh said and added that "Sanatan Dharma considers the world a family and gives the message of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' [the world is one family]".
He added that it is the Sanatan Dharma in which ants are fed flour and snakes are offered milk and their long life is wished for. Tamil Nadu Youth Welfare Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin alleged that Sanatan Dharma was against equality and social justice, and that it should be eradicated.
Udhayanidhi Stalin, son of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, also likened Sanatan Dharma to coronavirus, malaria, and dengue fever, and said such things should not be opposed but destroyed.
Targeting the INDIA alliance, the Defence Minister said it was formed to stop Prime Minister Narendra Modi from returning to power, but the alliance will face defeat.
On naming the alliance INDIA, he said the opposition parties have kept a “dangerous” name.
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