Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) spokesperson TKS Elangovan has ridiculed the consecration ceremony of Ram Janmabhoomi Temple at Ayodhya saying that history (Babri Masjid) has been replaced with mythology (Ram Temple) and called Lord Ram as a myth.
In a video byte to ANI, the former Rajya Sabha MP and a senior leader of the DMK said “What can I say? They have demolished history and replaced it with mythology. Any country should be proud of its history, it should know the history. Ram’s birth is mythology, it is a story from Ramayana. It is literature. They want to replace history with mythology. That is what the BJP is trying to do. With these people in power, what can we expect?…He wants to make use of it as a political tool. He is not interested in Ram. BJP does not consider Ram as an important thing but their political gain becomes important so they are making use of Ram for their political gains.”
#WATCH | On the invitation to PM Modi for 'pran pratishtha' of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, DMK leader TKS Elangovan says, "What can I say? They have demolished history and replaced it with mythology. Any country should be proud of its history, it should know the history. Ram's birth… pic.twitter.com/drTikUrlHD
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It is note worthy to mention that the DMK is part of the I.N.D.I Alliance comprising of the Congress, AAP, Samajwadi Party, Trinamool Congress (TMC) among other parties.
“Entry Of Hinduism Spoilt This Land”: Elangovan Had Said Earlier
In September 2022, DMK MP A. Raja while addressing an event organized by Dravida Kazhagam, abused Hindus and the Hindu faith saying all Shudras are children of prostitutes and they will remain so until they remain in Hinduism.
Defending the foul-mouthed DMK MP A. Raja who is known for abusing Hinduism, TKS Elangovan said that the “entry of Hinduism” had spoilt Tamil Nadu.
“See the very purpose of the Dravidian Movement is to create parity among human beings. What is Hinduism? What does Hinduism say? It says Varna, it speaks of Manu Dharma. What we feel is.. our fight is against Manu Dharma. When a Hindu, another Hindu, my brother Hindu, could not walk into a street where upper class people live, is an insult. I am denied of my rights. Because I am treated a Shudra.”, Elangovan said.
Adding further, the DMK leader said “The meaning of the word Shudra, what he (A. Raja) said, I am not going to talk about it. But the practice of Manu Dharma was never in the south. The entry of the Sanskrit and Hinduism into this land has spoilt this land.”
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