DMK MP A. Raja who is known for his hate speech against Hinduism has once again stoked controversy with his speech at the party’s Youth Wing Conference in Salem.
A. Raja who had earlier said Shudras are children of prostitutes and will remain so until they remain in Hinduism has now turned his guns towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah trying to pit them against Shankaracharyas saying that both the leaders are Shudras.
During the initial part of his speech at the DMK Youth Wing Conference, Raja sang paeans about the late DMK patriarch Karunanidhi, current Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin and the crown prince of the party DMK Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin under whose leadership the Youth Wing Conference has been organized at Salem from 20-21 January 2024.
Singing paeans for Udhayanidhi, the I.N.D.I. Ally DMK MP said “No leader in entire India has the guts to say that it is wrong to build the Ram Temple where the mosque stood. They don’t have the mental strength. But I see you as Kalignar, Anna, and the great Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin when you crossed the judgement of the Supreme Court with your statement. Because, only Periyar had such audacity.”
Speaking on the Dravidian Model, DMK MP A. Raja said “There are two cultures in India. One culture is based on Sanskrit which is called the Aryan culture. It was in the northern part on the other side of Vindhyas. The other is Tamil and its branch languages.”
He further said “Those who are of the branch languages which is based on Tamil is the Dravidian race. This is being refuted today. We aren’t the ones to say that these two races are there. Jawaharlal Nehru said, Ambedkar said, and then history scholars said. After all of them said, Dr. Radhakrishnan in his book ‘Philosophy of Hinduism’ has said that there are two cultures based on two languages in this soil. That cultural difference has to be accepted he said. CP Ramaswamy Iyer had published a book for that. So there were two philosophies and culture in existence.“.
He also said that the ‘Aryan philosophy’ eradicated the already present Tamil culture by preventing “Shudras” and “Panchamas” to not study adding that it was Macaulay’s education system which gave right to education to oppressed people.
“Only after Macaulay’s education system came in 1835, Pallan studied, Parayan studied, Arundhathiyars studied, Nadar studied, Thevar studied, Kounders studied, Chettiyars studied, Mudaliars studied, why even Pillamaars studied. You are opposing that Macaulay education system.“, the I.N.D.I. Ally DMK MP said.
“Islamists came here, not just to construct mosques but to educate us. They gave us hygiene. You are opposing them. You are opposing rationalists. Who are the rationalists? Not those who deny God. Why did Periyar preach atheism? Man to man shouldn’t touch each other, shouldn’t be in the vicinity, if they do it is a sin, if they touch it is formidable, the nation was under the grip of such principles, if he wasn’t destroying such a world with an earthquake, war, or a tsunami, why should I believe such a God asked Periyar. Periyar didn’t have any anger against God. Periyar’s anger was that in the name of God, you (Sanatanists) prevented me from getting education. In the name of your God, you made me without culture. That was his anger.”, he said.
He further said that the things which the DMK and Dravidian ideology supports – Muslims, Christians, Macaulayists, Marxists, Materialists – is being opposed by them (Hindus aka Sanatana Dharmists, BJP supporters and Hindutvaites).
The I.N.D.I. Ally DMK MP A. Raja further said “A language can turn into nationalism. They talk of Hindu Nationalism. There has been no nationalism in the name of religion anywhere in the world. I challenge them. Neighbouring country we have Pakistan. Why did Pakistan cede? That mistake was made by Jinnah due to Savarkar. Savarkar said Hindu Nationalism. Jinnah separated saying ‘if you say Hindu Nationalism, I will say Muslim Nationalism’. Religion was made as a plank of nationalism then. Jinnah separated the country. Pakistan was formed. In one year of Pakistan ceding away, Jinnah went to Dhaka. He went to East Pakistan. Same religion. But Jinnah who was born in West Pakistan has Urdu as mother tongue. In East Pakistan, Bengali is mother tongue. He is the Prime Minister of that country. He fought for their independence and separated the nation. Like how Gandhi is the father of the nation, Pakistan’s father of the nation is Jinnah. That Jinnah goes to Dhaka and speaks in Urdu. One youngster raises his voice against this – ‘Hey you Prime Minister, if you want to speak, do so in my mother tongue, in my Bengali, in my golden language’. When he raised his voice, he was suppressed to the ground. Such a youngster over the course of time became Mujibur Rahman who separated as East Pakistan as Bangladesh. Norway and Sweden are two Christian nations. Why did Pakistan split into two? Religion can never be nationalism.”
The I.N.D.I. Ally DMK MP also said that even India is an artificially constructed nation against the Britishers.
“Periyar did not accept this (Indian) nationalism. He said that Indian nationalism was a fiction. He called the Indian flag as a loincloth. He burnt the national flag. He burn the portraits of Gandhi. The reason for that was Tamil nationalism and Tamilians should survive”, Raja said asserting that Hindu nationalism can never be true which is trying to control India.
Raja said that only DMK under the leadership of MK Stalin and the youth brigade of Udhayanidhi Stalin can counter the Hindu nationalism that is gripping entire India.
Concluding his speech, the I.N.D.I. ally DMK MP said “The war has started within the BJP itself. Arulmozhi who spoke in the morning said. Maratha warrior Shivaji was a great warrior. He professed Marathaism. He captured the nation. But the Aryans/Brahmins denied to coronate Shivaji. What was the reason? When he (Shivaji) asked ‘I emerged victorious, why are you denying me the coronation’, the Brahmins told that you’re a Shudra and hence you should not rule a nation. That nation went into poverty and despair and Shivaji’s chapter came to an end. I am telling you now. Modi who has 56” chest is no bigger warrior than Shivaji. Amit Shah is no bigger warrior than Shivaji. I am telling you now. The medicine for you is here. Hey you Amit Shah and Modi, you can be Prime Minister. But you are Shudra by birth. RSS will never accept you. It has started now. Of the 6 Sankaracharyas, 4 are not accepting you. If Shankaracharya is Hindu, who are you? Don’t cheat us in the name of Hindu. We’re all Hindus by law. Annan Duraimurugan is Hindu but you said he is Vanniyar. Adjacent to him, Nehru is a Hindu, you called him a Reddiyar. You divided us by caste but you are trying to unite us through religion. We wish to say united by law. But we don’t want to be the Hindus that you call. We don’t want Hindu nationalism. We want Dravidian nationalism, Tamil nationalism. Our Chief Minister who is being that father will take this nationalism to whole of India. In 2024, religious (Hindu) nationalism will be eradicated and the rule of all nationalities will prevail.”
A. Raja in September 2022 had said “You’re a Shudra till you remain a Hindu. You’re a son of the prostitute till you remain a Shudra. You’re a Panchaman (Dalit) till you remain a Hindu. You’re an untouchable till you remain a Hindu. How many of you wish to stay as children of prostitutes? How many of you wish to remain untouchable? Only if we’re vocal about these questions, it will become elemental in breaking Santhana (Sanatana Dharma)”
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