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DMK’s IT Wing Head goes on a brahmin-bashing spree ahead of the elections

April 3, 2021
The Commune

In a recent tweet thread by DMK’s Dr P Thiagarajan, it seems that he has gone on a full-on brahmin-bashing spree. These tweets seem to be in response to the recent #FreeTNTemples call by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev.

In the tweets, Thiagarajan says, “Is it a matter of who manages the temples or is it a matter of who manages the temples in the non-BJP ruled states? Who are these poisons to manage our temples with “experts” who have been adhering to the doctrine of caste for thousands of years and corrupting the city?”

This tweet also includes an infographic that contains captions like, “The ‘thread community’ is trying to monopolise temples”, “How can a specific group of people claim ownership to temples that have been existent even before the term Hindu was coined?”, “Is the BJP trying to do this because Tamilnadu is not ruled by the BJP? Is the fact that the temples in UP that are governed by the BJP government officials not a dishonour to Hindus?”, “All those ‘experts’ who want to control temples are those people from communities that are still clinging to the varna system and the upper-caste tag. Why should they govern our temples?”, and “This call clearly showcases their casteism and the fact that they want to practise untouchability even in the modern age.”

With the elections around the corner, it is sad to note that the DMK is stooping to their roots of Brahmin-bashing to procure the votes and are doing vote-bank politics.

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