Indu Makkal Katchi head Arjun Sampath launched a blistering attack on the DMK government over its announcement of marking September 17, the birth date of E.V. Ramasamy Naicker (known as ‘Periyar’ by his admirers) as ‘Social Justice Day’.
He said that if September 17 had to be announced as ‘Social Justice Day’, it should be done in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he is the true social justice warrior who had lifted the poor and vulnerable by providing them with bank accounts, LPG, houses, tap water, etc along with ensuring 27% reservation to OBCs in medical seats.
“EVR called Tamil language as barbaric language and Tamil people as barbarians. He had said that prices of cloth were going up because Scheduled Caste women had begun wearing blouse. On the other hand, PM Modi is praising Tamil language wherever he goes and is empowering women and girl children through his schemes.”, Arjun Sampath said.
Adding further, the IMK chief said “EVR wanted to target the Brahmins only while ensuring that status quo prevailed for the castes that had ritually lower status than his own caste. He had married his own adopted daughter for his own benefit at the age of 72. How is he a social justice warrior?”
He also pointed out that EVR’s own protégés – C.N. Annadurai and Karunanidhi – themselves had heaped abuses on him.
The IMK chief said that while the DMK may celebrate the man with their bogus claims of EVR working for social justice, the BJP should mark the day of Social Justice Day in the name of PM Modi.
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