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DMK Stooge Actor Suriya’s Agaram Foundation Allows Anti-Hindu Dravidianists And DMK Propagandists To Teach Kids

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Virtue-signaling actor and a filtered DMK stooge Suriya along with his family is known for peddling propaganda against the Modi government’s policies like NEET, National Education Policy, farm laws etc while buttressing the DMK in the state.

Recently, DMK-aligned Dravidianist YouTuber Senthil Vel has exposed this that all anti-Hindu orators from the Dravidar Kazhagam have been given a platform within the foundation. More shockingly, Periyarists like Mathivadhani and Arulmozhi are reportedly conducting classes for the poor who come seeking aid.

This raises concerns that Suriya may be using his foundation as a tool to indoctrinate people with anti-Hindu and anti-India ideas, effectively recruiting individuals to propagate Dravidian ideology.

Senthil Vel stated in his video, “The Agaram Foundation doesn’t just provide education. Along with that, it teaches them about social justice. They keep volunteers to teach them in classes, and they go to those classes to study. If you had seen the attendees of that function, I’m telling about the friends I know, they are journalist who have been continuously speaking about education. Brother Karthigaichelvan, the news editor of News18 Tamil Nadu, participated in this event. My dear sister Maha came with her children. My loving sister Mathivadhani also participated, and Mathi regularly go there to teach those children, continuously giving them lessons on social justice. All these people travel with the students. So, social justice is being taught there, isn’t it? If you think about it, advocate Arulmozhi, and everyone who participated in that event, including actor Kamal Haasan, spoke against NEET on that stage. All these people are passionate about education for our children, wanting our children to study.”

The controversy deepens when considering the backgrounds of the individuals involved—all of whom have a history of Periyarist, anti-Hindu, anti-Brahmin, and anti-India rhetoric.

Dravidian Stockist Mathivadhani

M. Mathivadhani, Deputy General Secretary of the Dravidar Kazhagam, has repeatedly made derogatory remarks, including mocking Union Home Minister Amit Shah and disparaging those with the surname “Shah.”

Mathivadhani in a undated video be heard saying, “the Home Minister Amit Shah, everyone talked about him. It’s not just Amit Shah, even if it’s Shah, Shoe, or whoever comes, the BJP cannot win even a single seat in Tamil Nadu. Knowing they cannot get even a single seat, they are coming along with the ADMK. The ADMK also cannot win even a single seat because you are with the BJP. They went and asked Amit Shah why you didn’t provide the jobs for the two-crore people. Home Minister Amit Shah replied ‘Jhumla’. It means he said it casually (summa sonaru). In which country would this kind of joke happen? Would this mockery happen? Would people believe this? At a time when the youth are looking for employment, last week, not like 20 or 30 years ago, a news report came out last week in India Today stating that Tamil Nadu is the leading state in India in the manufacturing sector.”

She has also used Periyar’s rhetoric to criticize judicial decisions, implying Brahmin bias in courts, and has drawn backlash for promoting divisive caste-based narratives.

In a previous incident, following a legal setback for the DMK-led Tamil Nadu government, she made similarly controversial remarks. On 21 May 2025, the Madras High Court comprising Justices G.R. Swaminathan and V. Lakshminarayan issued an interim stay on the state government’s amendments that aimed to strip the Governor of the authority to appoint Vice-Chancellors in state-run universities. Reacting to the ruling, Mathivadhani referenced the words of E.V. Ramasamy Naicker (also called as Periyar) to criticize the judgment, insinuating that when Brahmins hold judicial positions, the verdicts tend to reflect caste bias. Her remarks drew widespread backlash for casting aspersions on the judiciary and promoting divisive rhetoric.

She stated “A country where the Paapan (derogatory slur denoting Brahmins) becomes the judge and the ruler is like a jungle inhabited by a ferocious tiger. That is why we are engaged in a tiger hunt. When the tiger leaps, one or two people are bound to get hit! – Thanthai Periyar”

Similarly during the horrific Pahalgam attack that claimed 25 innocent Hindu lives, Mathivadhani blamed “Sanghis” and accused them of inciting religious tensions, further fueling communal controversy.

In a inflammatory post, she claimed, “The Sanghis have started to paint a religious picture to hide their defeat. Even before they could write condolence messages to those who suffered the loss, they had already started using religion to incite riots. They are the threat to India!” 

Dravidianist Journo Karthigaichelvan

Karthigalchelvan is a Dravidian propagandist journalist and a Modi-baiter. He has come under fire for some of his buttressing attitude towards the DMK. He had a sycophantic interview with DMK scion Udhayanidhi Stalin in which he posed soft, easy and simping questions that felt more like scripted PR.

A few years ago, he conducted a similar interview with the current Chief Minister, MK Stalin, which also faced public backlash for lacking tough questioning. In a compilation of multiple interviews featuring Stalin, he appears to follow a repetitive pattern, asking questions about his fitness routine, preparations for long journeys, sources of energy for campaigning, and how he readies himself for such activities.

Pro-DMK Behavior Exhibited By Karthigaichelvan

During a debate on News18 Tamil in June 2023, moderated by Karthigaichelvan, when one of the panelists Advocate Tamil Mani accused Senthil Balaji of corruption, citing his admission to taking money for job placements. Karthigaichelvan defended Senthil Balaji, claiming the ongoing case made labeling him corrupt premature. Despite a DMK spokesperson’s insults, Karthigaichelvan tried to maintain neutrality, softly condemning Saravanan from DMK towards the end.

During a News18 Tamil Nadu debate in October 2022, Karthigaichelvan and DMK spokesperson Constantine Raveendran faced criticism for allegedly protecting CM MK Stalin over a fake news claim related to the Sterlite protest firing. Hindu Munnani’s A.T. Elangovan pointed out the incident where Stalin falsely implicated PM Modi, but Raveendran demanded proof, limiting Elangovan’s response. Karthigaichelvan claimed ignorance and declined to express an opinion. 

Modi Hate

In the past, Karthigaichelvan had consistently expressed animosity towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In 2015, he shared a derogatory cartoon (now deleted) suggesting that the Union Government, led by Narendra Modi, was influenced by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

Karthigaichelvan shared cartoons mocking PM Modi, implying he acts as per Hindu or secular sentiments. One cartoon depicted Modi hitch-hiking on Karunanidhi’s wheelchair during a courtesy visit. Another mocked Digital India, accompanied by a euphoric caption “Hahahaha.”

Once he was called out by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for deliberately trying to peddle anti-Modi propaganda saying that the Centre was waiving off loans taken by corporates.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted widespread searches across Tamil Nadu on 6 March 2025 investigating large-scale financial irregularities linked to the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited (TASMAC). The operation, carried out under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, uncovered a deep-rooted network of bribery, kickbacks, and systematic corruption amounting to a ₹1,000 Crore Scam. However not one news card was shared by him.

His repeated promotion of anti-Modi propaganda, combined with his political leanings, raises serious questions about the ideological influence on students who attend classes at Agaram Foundation.

In light of these affiliations and actions, the involvement of such politically motivated individuals in educating vulnerable communities through Agaram Foundation is deeply concerning for the future of students exposed to this environment.

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