DMK General Secretary Duraimurugan accused the BJP-led Centre of pushing for Hindi imposition and attempting to rewrite Indian history by erasing Dravidian connections to the Indus Valley Civilization by stacking a newly formed historical committee with Brahmins. While the DMK claims the history committee is biased, it’s important to note that it includes experts from various fields and was established under the Ministry of Culture in 2018.
The DMK conducted an event commemorating the party’s 75th anniversary and ‘Mupperum Vizha’ at the YMCA Grounds in Nandanam. Apart from TN CM MK Stalin, DMK treasurer TR Baalu, deputy general secretaries A Raja, Ponmudy, and others also spoke.
DMK General Secretary Duraimurugan addressed the BJP-led NDA government’s push for Hindi at the Centre. He warned that if the BJP persisted with this agenda, it would witness the force and vigor of the DMK in action. He said, “For those asking what the DMK did? I will tell you. It made us wear slippers and took us into temples.“
DMK General Secretary Duraimurugan criticized the BJP-led Union government for establishing a committee to rewrite Indian history. He accused the committee of attempting to alter the history of the Indus Valley Civilization, alleging that its goal was to erase the Dravidian connection to the civilization.
“Recently the government in Delhi formed a committee. The committee was appointed by the Government of India to rewrite the history of India. They are going to rewrite the history of India, and for that, they set up this committee. What is wrong with that history? So far, we were calling Harappa, Mohenjodaro a Dravidian civilization. But the committee says that it is Brahmins’, the civilization of the Aryans. They called it the Saraswati civilization. Where did Saraswati come from? In Allahabad. Three rivers flow there. They gave 2 rivers’ names, we asked what about the third one, and they said it flows underneath. That is the Saraswati civilization that they are calling today. The rewrite committee has 17 people nominated by the central government of which 3 are officials, government officials. The rest of the 14 members – all of them are Brahmins. The central government set up a committee to rewrite our history and all of them are Brahmins? They needed one more person on the committee. They could not find him here, they found him in Canada, a Brahmin. He is the President of the Canadian Chapter of Brahmin International and head office in Delhi. He is Canada’s Brahmin Sangham’s head. Once again, we have to sing the old tune. If this continues, if BJP continues to do this, time has come for the DMK to show its strength.” Duraimurugan said.
TN minister Durai Murgan warns central government if Brahmins are not put in place then DMK will have to follow it's old tactics and BJP will have to pay for it… pic.twitter.com/8MvujQhZyI
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While Duraimurugan has alleged that the government has formed a ‘Committee to rewrite Indian history,‘ claiming that 14 out of its 17 members are Brahmins, it is noteworthy that the Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma pushed for setting up this committee.
Notably, the 2018 committee comprises a geologist, archaeologist, experts in ancient Sanskrit, and two bureaucrats. However, as claimed, the name of the Canadian Brahmin Sangham head is not clear, and there seems to be no clarity on whether he is a part of the committee.
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