On August 17, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, while addressing the Assembly on the appointment of temple priests from all castes, told that the thorn present in “Periyar’s chest” had been removed.
In response to this, Hindu Munnani has asked what is the relation between temples and E.V. Ramasamy Naicker who had all along his life derogated temples and Hindu Gods.
“What has temples got to do with E.V. Ramasamy Naicker who said ‘there is no God, there is no God at all, one who created God is a fool’? Hindu Munnani State President Kateswara Subramaniam said in a statement.
“While CM Stalin claims that the ‘All Castes Can Become Priests’ scheme was to fulfill EVR’s desire, it is a well known fact that E.V. Ramasamy wanted to destroy Hinduism and keep Tamil Nadu under the control of Christian British.” he said.
Mr. Subramaniam also said that EVR helped in getting Hindus converted to Christianity and Islam by cultivating hatred towards Hinduism.
He also said that Hindu devotees are heartbroken on seeing the planned conspiracy to destroy Hinduism. He mentioned in his statement that while DMK was claiming to implement EVR’s principles in temples, it has failed to uphold social justice within its own party by not making Scheduled Castes to lead the party.
“Chief Minister Stalin is an atheist, a hater of Hinduism and an admirer of Islam and Christianity. The DMK claims to be a secular party. Can the secular government appoint Mullahs and priests in churches and mosques? Will Stalin train Maulvis and priests? Why is the secular government interfering only in the matter of Hindu temples? If the rulers think that the thorns of EVR should be removed, they can build temples on behalf of the party, set up a Vedic school, give training in Agamas to their party workers. It is wrong to try and change traditional practices without which has caused the great turmoil among the people.”, Subramaniam said.
Stating that doing archana was not a job but devotion to the deity, Subramaniam said that the state has no right to intervene in temple affairs and questioned how can the government decide who the priests should be.
“It is a well-known fact that if a particular party comes to power, the trustee belongs to that party. The temples will become the office for inculcating party policies. Stalin’s government should not do the job of destroying Hindu temples by making the work of priests a government job.”, he said.
Pointing out that state interference in matters of religious worship is against Article 26 of the Constitution which applies to all religions and sects. “It is unconstitutional for the Government of Tamil Nadu to interfere in the worship of Hindus as like every community, they are also empowered to establish and maintain religious and charitable institutions to administer matters relating to religion itself.” adding that about there are many temples under the HR&CE department where the priests are not from the Brahmin community.
He has asked the DMK government to quell the fears of Hindus and warned that they should not earn the wrath of the people.
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