In yet another brazen display of Hindu hate, DMK Minister Mano Thangaraj who is a Christian implied that those who visit temple gatherings are uncivilized.
When reporters had asked about his opinion on the recent stampede that occurred during the RCB IPL victory celebrations in Bengaluru, the DMK Minister said “This is my personal opinion. We’re carrying out various forms of rationalist propaganda. We’re trying to build a society based on rationalism. People gathering in large numbers for temple festivals, going to watch sports, I can’t see them as part of a civilized society.”
He then went on to say “Don’t be a spectator. Be a participant. I don’t know how many people there would’ve touched a cricket bat. I am not talking about the Karnataka government.”
When a reporter asks whether he’s implying that Karnataka people are irrational, Mano Thangaraj deflected the question saying “My humble request to people is while gathering in a public place, they should use their brains and not indulge in pushing-pulling creating a stampede. People should avoid that.”
திராவிட முன்னேற்ற @arivalayam கழகத்தை சேர்ந்த அமைச்சர் திரு மனோ தங்கராஜ் @Manothangaraj அவர்களின் இக்கருத்தை கண்டிக்கிறேன்.
அறிவுசார்ந்து இயங்குவதென்றால் ஏதோ சமூக எதார்த்ததிலிருந்து விலகி நின்று மேட்டிமைத்தனமாக பேசுவதல்ல. கோவில்கள் நம் கலாசாரத்தின் அசைக்க முடியா அங்கம். சராசரி… pic.twitter.com/JwD9caLJYZ
— Vinoj P Selvam (@VinojBJP) June 5, 2025
Earlier, the DMK leader had derogated Mahakumbh saying ” “While America is flying the flag of knowledge development with ChatGPT, Copilot, MetaAI, Grok, Gemini, and China with Deepseek, India is looking to WhatsApp University for an explanation for the comedy and Kumbh Mela under the Modi regime.
He followed it up with the hashtags #DeepSeekR1 #CowUrine to add on to his derogatory statements.
Mano Thangaraj had also insulted Prime Minister Narendra Modi venerating the sacred ‘Sengol’ saying ““Is he dead? (Is he breathing?), does he have dignity and self-esteem?”
He had also insulted North Indians saying that they are people who roam around in loincloth.
“Today, the Tamil community and the Indian community is mired in illusion. In north India, people even today roam around in loincloth. If you get an opportunity, go to Gujarat and see. No need to go anywhere else. Once you land there, they will deceive you showing Ahmedabad, Gandhi Nagar, etc. Don’t even look that side. Ask them to show the rural area. Go see the rural area. If you see the rural areas, you will see those people only wear loincloth.”, DMK Minister Mano Thangaraj said.
The BJP in Tamil Nadu has slammed the DMK Minister for insulting Hindus. BJP Tamil Nadu leader K. Annamalai wrote “In response to a question about the Congress government’s administrative failure at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Karnataka, which resulted in the deaths of many people in a stampede, Minister Mr. Mano Thangaraj has said that the public should not go to temple festivals. The crowd that is exploiting temple properties and the money donated by devotees, has become so fat that today they’re saying that it is uncivilized to go to temple festivals. Which is more civilized? Smuggling and selling the entire mineral resources of Tamil Nadu or stealing Aavin milk without even leaving behind the fat?”
“Would Minister Mr. Mano Thangaraj, who says that the public should not go to temple festivals in large numbers to cover up the administrative failure of the INDI Alliance Party, say this to his party leader of slaves? Illegal liquor, ganja, and drugs are running rampant in Tamil Nadu. Law and order has broken down to the point where there is not a single day without a murder. In such a state, rationality is spoken. Onion.“, Annamalai slammed Mano Thangaraj.
கர்நாடக மாநிலம் பெங்களூரு சின்னசாமி மைதானத்தில், காங்கிரஸ் அரசின் நிர்வாகத் தோல்வியால், கூட்ட நெரிசலில் சிக்கி, பலர் உயிரிழந்தது குறித்த கேள்விக்கு, பொதுமக்கள் கோவில் திருவிழாக்களுக்கு செல்லக் கூடாது என்று பதிலளித்திருக்கிறார் அமைச்சர் திரு. மனோ தங்கராஜ்.
கோவில்…
— K.Annamalai (@annamalai_k) June 5, 2025
Following the outrage, Mano Thangaraj posted on his social media that his statement was not about religion but about people dying in stampedes.
In his social media post he said “In response to a question raised by journalists regarding the issue of 11 people dying in a crowd watching sportspersons in Karnataka, I had posted my opinion that ‘I cannot see excessive crowding at sports events, temple festivals, etc. as a sign of a civilized society’. This is not a religious remark; nor is it a remark that blames anyone. Is the news that more than 3000 human lives have been lost in a stampede in the NCRB data acceptable? Is it not the duty of a civilized society to avoid these things? My question is nothing more than that. I request my friends in the press to realize that they also have a duty in this. This society will not accept the idiots who think that they can use this for political gain.
கர்நாடகாவில் விளையாட்டு வீரர்களை பார்க்க கூட்டம் கூடி 11 பேர் மரணமடைந்த விவகாரம் குறித்து பத்திரிகையாளர்கள் எழுப்பிய கேள்விக்கு, ‘விளையாட்டு நிகழ்ச்சி, கோயில் திருவிழாக்கள் போன்றவற்றில் அளவுக்கு அதிகமாக கூட்டம் கூடுவதை நாகரிகமான சமூகத்தின் அடையாளமாக என்னால் பார்க்க முடியாது’ என்ற… pic.twitter.com/YUeotxJ8iJ
— Mano Thangaraj (@Manothangaraj) June 5, 2025
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