DMK MP from Dharmapuri DNV Senthilkumar has once again stirred controversy with some objectionable remarks against other states of the country while speaking in the Parliament.
He took a jibe at the tableaus that made it into the Republic Day parade saying “In fact, we had great freedom fighters like squirrels, the body of a cow with a human head, and men clad in saffron, being paraded on Republic Day,” Senthilkumar said.
Firstly, it is to be noted that ‘the body of a cow with a human head’ or the Hindu deity Kamadhenu that he is referring to, was Karnataka’s tableau of 2013 and not 2022.
Secondly, the squirrel, that he refers to, is from Maharashtra, that presented their tableau on the topic “5 biodiversity symbols of Maharashtra, flora and fauna.”
“During the President’s address there was a reference to the freedom fighter V O Chidambaram. But, there was not tableau or float displayed in the freedom fighters of V O Chidambaram, Velu Nachiyar and Mahakavi Bharathi.” DMK MP Dr. DNV Senthilkumar said while speaking in the Parliament yesterday, during a discussion on the President’s address.
While speaking about the National Education Policy, he said, “The goal of the government in the National Education Policy is to have a Gross Enrollment ratio (GER) of 50%. This has already been achieved by Tamil Nadu. Whereas, India’s national GER is around 24.6%. We are much ahead of the American GER. Why is it that the Central Government is seeing to thrust the National Education Policy upon us? We have set principles and we have set models, the Dravidian principle models, which are successful models. If they want to implement it to make India a developed state, let them implement Tamil Nadu’s model throughout the state. Instead, why is it being thrust upon us? We totally reject it. If they want, they can go implement them in Gomutra states, which they are very keen upon.”
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