Former Tamil Nadu BJP president K. Annamalai, launched a scathing attack against Kerala’s Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister MK Stalin during his speech at the Sabarimala Samrakshana Sangamam, an event supported by thousands of Hindu devotees and various Hindu organizations.
In his speech, Annamalai accused both leaders of exploiting temple platforms while actively opposing Sanatana Dharma aka Hinduism. He also took aim at the communist government’s Global Ayyappa Sangamam and the DMK-led state’s Global Muruga Conference and labelled them as for vote bank politics.
“On September 20th, we all witnessed a surprising event. The Communist government of Kerala organized a festival called the Global Ayyappa Conference to unite Ayyappan devotees from all over the world. What was very surprising was who they invited as the chief guest for this event. The current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. K. Stalin, who wants to eradicate Sanatana Dharma, and his son Udhayanidhi Stalin, who, two years ago in Chennai, held an event where he compared Sanatana Dharma to dengue mosquitoes and said it should be eliminated. When the Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan, invited M. K. Stalin as the chief guest for this event, it was clear to us that this was not an event for Lord Ayyappan. It was an event organized to deceive people and gain votes in politics” Annamalai said.
Annamalai fiercely criticized the two leaders, labeling them as “nastik dramacharis,” accused them of exploiting platforms meant for devotees while simultaneously opposing Sanatana Dharma. He also recalled the attempts made by Pinarayi’s government in 2018-19 to force the Supreme Court’s ruling, which lifted the ban on women aged between 10 and 50 from entering the Sabarimala temple.
Annamalai took a pointed jab at Vijayan, saying, “What’s surprising is that a person who says there is no God, a person who does not believe in God, Mr. Vijayan, came to the stage and lectured us about the Bhagavad Gita. I thought, ‘What happens when communists in Kerala start reading the Bhagavad Gita?’ He read the 12th chapter of the Bhagavad Gita and quoted, ‘Adveshta sarva-bhutanam maitrah karuna eva ca.’
Vijayan is teaching us how a devotee should be. Who lectures us? Atheist Vijayan. But the problem is, he didn’t read beyond the 12th chapter. I would like to tell Vijayan something else from the Bhagavad Gita. Go beyond the 12th chapter, go to chapters 13, 14, 15, and 16, to the 21st verse. Vijayan should take out the Bhagavad Gita and read this verse again: ‘Trividham narakasyedam dvaram nasanam atmanah kamah krodhas tatha lobhas tasmat etad trayam tyajet.’ He should read this. It says that a person who wants to go to hell has only three paths: lust, anger, and greed. Lust will quickly take you to hell. Greed will quickly take you to hell. Anger will quickly take you to hell. These three things are present in Kerala’s Communist government today.”
Referring to the ancient Tamil poet Tiruvalluvar, Annamalai remarked that betraying the trust of one’s people and misusing authority was far more heinous than murder. “In 2018-19, the way Vijayan behaved in this region of Pandalam in Kerala, the way he treated the people… Just for the sole reason of having power, he created so many problems for lakhs of Ayyappa devotees. So, whether this applies to anyone else or not, it definitely applies to Vijayan,” Annamalai asserted.
He did not stop there, he also slammed Tamil Nadu’s HR&CE department saying, “You might have recently watched a Netflix series called ‘Scam 1992’ about how two people worked together to scam the Bombay Stock Exchange. Today in India, two people are doing something similar: one is Stalin and the other is Vijayan. In Tamil Nadu, Hindu temples are managed by the TN HR&CE (Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments) Department. In 1985, the HR&CE had 525,000 acres of land. In 40 years in the 46,000 temples managed by HR&CE it has lost 125,000 acres of that land and right now we have 4 lakh acres. The Tamil Nadu government cannot find out what happened to these 125,000 acres. Our HR&CE Minister, Sekar Babu, came to this Ayyappan meeting on behalf of the Tamil Nadu government. He’s asking, ‘Just give us five acres of land in Pandalam.’ What’s surprising is that 125,000 acres of land are missing in Tamil Nadu, yet the minister who came to the Global Ayyappa Conference on September 20th is asking for five acres for Tamil Nadu. Why? To steal more? To add to the 125,000 acres of land? My dear friends, we need to carefully watch what is happening. A group is united and organizing this event just to deceive us. We need to ask the important question, who is politicizing God? Is it us, or is it the government, especially the Communist party?”
The event also featured prominent BJP leaders such as Tejasvi Surya, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Kummanam Rajasekharan, and others from various Hindu organizations. The atmosphere was charged with chants in praise of Lord Ayyappa, the presiding deity of the Sabarimala Temple. P.N. Narayana Varma, former secretary of the Pandalam Palace Trust, played a key role as one of the organizers.
The gathering, supported by several Hindu organizations, served as a counter-event to the Communist governments’ Global Ayyappa Sangamam held at Pampa on 20 September 2025.
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