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MK Stalin, Udhayanidhi Stalin Rally Behind DMK MP Abdulla Who Quoted EVR And Called For Kashmir’s “Right To Self-Determination” On Racial Basis

December 12, 2023
The Commune

DMK President and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin and his Minister son Udhayanidhi Stalin have extended support to DMK MP MM Abdulla who had quoted EV Ramasamy Naicker (hailed as ‘periyar’ by his followers) and called for Kashmir’s “right to self-determination” (read secession) on racial basis.

On a day when the Supreme Court of India upheld the abrogation of Article 370 by the Narendra Modi government, I.N.D.I. Ally DMK MP MM Abdullah made a shocking statement on the floor of Rajya Sabha that borderline called for Kashmir’s secession on racial basis.

Quoting anti-Hindu and anti-India Dravidian demagogue EV Ramasamy Naicker (hailed as ‘Periyar’ by his followers), the DMK MP said “Every race has the right to self-determination. It is applicable for Kashmiri people as well.”

The Vice President of India (Rajya Sabha Chairman) Jagdeep Dhankar slammed the DMK MP for his remarks and said that it would be expunged.

In light of this, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin condemned and took objection to the expunging of EVR’s racist quote from the proceedings of the House. On the other hand, he steered away from whether he approved of the DMK MP’s call for “right to self-determination” on racial basis and instead made his condemnation about the freedom of expression.

“When DMK MP Abdulla was speaking, he quoted Periyar which was opposed by the BJP. Periyar’s name too has been expunged. Freedom of speech and expression has been strangled in the Parliament itself! It is shame that Periyar’s name has been removed from the Parliament where once former PM VP Singh mentioned that Periyar was reason for Mandal Commission. Let us use Father Periyar’s name, which remains in people’s minds and threatens the communalists even today, anywhere – always – in any context! Everyone use it!“, MK Stalin wrote in his social media.

His son Udhayanidhi Stalin said “Quoting the opinion of the rational Pagalavan Father Periyar, the Rajya Sabha member of DMK Abdulla spoke in the Parliament which has jittered the fascists. Father Periyar’s name and quote from Abdullah’s speech have been removed from the parliamentary notes. We strongly condemn this. Father Periyar’s name can only be removed from their memory, and his name can never be removed from the memory of the people. Let us soon put an end to these fascist atrocities against parliamentary democracy and freedom of expression.”

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