Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin’s son Udhayanidhi Stalin, who was coronated as a Minister in his father’s cabinet recently, spilled the beans that he and his wife are Christians while speaking at a Christmas celebration event organized on Thursday (22 December 2022) at Chennai’s Harbour constituency.
“I’m proud to call myself a Christian. Today, all Sanghis (a colloquial reference denoting devout Hindus and supporters of RSS-BJP) will be burning. Because Sekarbabu (Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments Minister) is saying ‘Hallelujah’, Udhayanidhi is saying ‘I’m a Christian’. Yes, I will say that I’m a Muslim too.”, DMK Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin said.
“I studied here at the Don Bosco school, Egmore. I got my degree from Loyola College. I loved and married a Christian woman (Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi). On that note, I feel delighted to be participating in this Christmas event.”, Udhayanidhi further added.
It is noteworthy to mention that Udhayanidhi had claimed that both he and his wife are atheists when a controversy broke around him sharing a picture of a Vinayagar idol.
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Udhayanidhi Stalin further added “Everybody is asking what is this ‘Dravida Model regime, Dravidian Model regime’. Our chief (MK Stalin) keeps referring to ‘Dravida Model regime’. What is that ‘Dravidian Model regime’? I’m telling you now. A HR&CE Minister is saying ‘Hallelujah’. This is what is called ‘Dravida Model regime’. He had organized a even bigger event for Ramzan. On the outside, he may be roaming around with a mala. But this is what is social justice regime. This is what Periyar, Anna, Kalaignar, Anbazhagan has taught us. That is what our chief is implementing as ‘Dravida Model regime’.”
This is not the first time that senior leaders of the DMK have resorted to appeasing Christians.
Earlier, DMK MLA and Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker M. Appavu stoked a controversy saying that the MK Stalin-led government in the state was formed by Christians and for Christians.
Tamil Nadu Finance Minister PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan hailed Christian Missionaries as torchbearers of social justice who had contributed to the development of the region.
Chennai Mayor R Priya of the DMK had met with controversial Christian pastor Bishop Ezra Sargunam who is know for spewing vitriol against Hindu faith.
CM Stalin himself had said that his government was formed because of Christians while participating in the platinum jubilee celebrations of the Church of South India in September 2021.
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