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Self-Styled ‘Fact-Checker’ Mohammed Zubair Tries To Buttress DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran’s “Hindi Speakers Clean Toilets” Remark, Says It Is An Old Video

December 25, 2023
The Commune

As Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP Dayanidhi Maran’s derogatory comments on Hindi speakers surfaced online once again, Dravidianists and alleged fact-checkers jumped into the scene with their explanations and justifications.

Most prominent among those buttressing the DMK was the alleged fact-checker Mohammed Zubair of propaganda outlet Alt News. His explanation for the video was that it was a 4-year-old video.

Targeting ANI for the reportage, he wrote, “Hello @smitaprakash, Denounce Dayanidhi Maran’s Anti UP/Bihar speech in strongest terms, But your News Agency @ANI, @PTI_News and other News Channels getting video bites should atleast mention that you/they are running his 4 year old speech from June 2019. By not doing so, Your agency and other News Channels are proving that they are running a Propaganda set by the ruling Govt.”

His tweets buttressing Dayanidhi Maran was reposted by the DMK MP himself.

In multiple tweets, Zubair kept repeating that the video was four years old but never condemned the hate speech of the DMK MP.

Zubair, a serial fake news peddler himself had many a times shared old tweets of his ideological/political comments to target them. He had even targeted veteran personalities like Amitabh Bachchan, Sachin Tendulkar and very recently an X handle named Gabbar Singh.

When all-in-all commentator and TV debater Dr. Sumanth had called out his double-standards, the Islamist propagandist justified saying “People can and should share the old tweet/video for calling out their hypocrisy. But News Channels and News Agencies sharing a 4 year old video as recent and asking politicians to give their reaction/video bite for the old video is wrong.” without uttering a word about the derogatory comments on Hindi speakers made by DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran

What Did Dayanidhi Maran Say In The Video?

During a public address, the DMK MP stated that people who learn Hindi end up as construction workers and toilet cleaners in Tamil Nadu, while Tamilians who are not proficient in Hindi occupy high-ranking positions in the IT sector.

He said, “We asked you to study Tamil and English. You studied. Look at Sundar Pichai, he is now the CEO of Google. He would have been a construction worker if he had studied Hindi. Our children hold high-level positions in IT firms and earn a good living. Look at those who studied Hindi. They work as construction workers and clean toilets.”

This is not the first time Maran made such derogatory comments against Hindi speakers.

During another public meeting, he referred to North Indians and Hindi-speaking individuals as ‘fools’ who would support the BJP in the elections.

In another diatribe, he ridiculed north Indians for chanting Jai Shri Ram during the India Pakistan World Cup match that happened in Ahmedabad. 

Speaking at a campaign-related event in Annanagar in October 2023, where he shared the stage with DMK Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, around the time when the Jai Shri Ram chanting “controversy” broke out during the ICC World Cup, Dayanidhi Maran said, “When the Pakistani players were playing and when they got out and returned to the pavilion, the audience surrounded them and chanted Jai Shri Ram. I just watched the video fully. What I got reminded of was that, after the 2019 Parliamentary election victory, when we went for the swearing-in ceremony of all MPs, there were 330 MPs from the BJP. And for the first time in the history of the Parliament, there were chants of Jai Shri Ram, they shouted so much. I bravely went there and shouted, Long Live Periyar, Long Live Kalaignar, Long Live Anna, Long Live Tamil. Only when I did that, did they shut up their mouths. Similarly, that video (match) is making the rounds on WhatsApp. The Pakistan team visited India in the 70s or 80s in Chepauk and won the match. After the victory, they carried out a victory lap on the ground. While they were doing it, the audience from Tamil Nadu and Chennai, gave them a standing ovation and respected them. Only now we can understand why “sanghis” live in the north and in Tamil Nadu the reason they have no place here is because of Dravida model rule, Periyar, Anna, Kalaignar, Thalapathy MK Stalin, and next Udhayanidhi Stalin. We didn’t say anything wrong.

Netizen Reactions To Zubair Tweet

Netizens questioned if the hatred/attitude of Dayanidhi Maran or anyone from the DMK toward Hindi speakers had changed over the 4 years or even before. 

Some even called out Zubair’s hypocrisy over sharing screenshots of other people from the past. 

Some others shared points about how Kamlesh Tiwari and Salma Rushdie were murdered and attacked (respectively) for something they had said in the past.

 

It is noteworthy that I.N.D.I Alliance member Nitish Kumar of the JDU, reportedly turned down DMK’s TR Baalu request for translation during their recent meeting. Nitish Kumar had reportedly said, “We live in Hindustan, Hindi is our national language, and everyone should know it.” 

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