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After #GoBackStalin, #StalinInsultsThevar trends

October 31, 2020
The Commune

After getting a taste of their own medicine with #GoBackStalin trending worldwide on the occasion of Thevar Jayanthi (birth cum death anniversary of Pasumpon U. Muthuramalinga Thevar), netizens are once again lashing out at the DMK chief claiming that he had insulted the great nationalist leader.

DMK chief MK Stalin had visited the memorial of Pasumpon U. Muthuramalinga Thevar, on the occasion of Thevar Jayanthi (October 30), the birth cum death anniversary of one of the greatest nationalist leaders from Tamil Nadu.

On this day, ‘Guru Poojai’ is conducted in remembrance of Muthuramalinga Thevar at the temple cum memorial located at Pasumpon and also at different places across the state.

Like in every Hindu temple, ‘karpoora aarthi’ is performed and the ‘vibhudhi’ and ‘kum kum’ (vermilion) prasadam (offering) is shared with the people which is to be applied on the forehead.

Stalin who had received the ‘vibudhi’ prasadam had rubbed it off his hands without even applying it on his forehead in order to stick to his ‘rationalist’ credentials.

This has however not gone well with the Thevar community as well as with the larger Hindu populace who see this as yet another show of hatred towards their community.

Following this, netizens have taken to social media lambasting the DMK chief saying that he has disrespected and insulted Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar.

The hashtag #StalinInsultsThevar (#தேவரை_அவமதித்த_ஸ்டாலின்) is now trending nationwide.