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“Sanatana Dharma Is Like Leprosy And HIV AIDS For Us”: DMK MP A. Raja Says

September 7, 2023
The Commune

Even as the dust is yet to settle on DMK Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin likening Sanatana Dharma to Dengue, Malaria, and Corona and calling for its eradication, DMK MP A. Raja has likened Sanatana Dharma to HIV AIDS.

The DMK Lok Sabha MP who is also the Deputy General Secretary of the party said that Udhayanidhi had only compared Sanatana Dharma to diseases like malaria and dengue, and went on to say that Sanatan Dharma should be compared to HIV and social stigmas.

“I am oddly surprised that Udhayanidhi Stalin had only spoken about it only softly saying (Sanatana Dharma) has to be eradicated like malaria and dengue. Malaria and dengue doesn’t have social stigma. The society won’t look at them disgustingly. If we have to call it something disgusting, there was leprosy, there is HIV today. For us, just like leprosy and HIV, we’ve to see it (Sanathana Dharma) as a social stima.“, he said at a protest meeting organized by the rabid anti-Hindu outfit Dravidar Kazhagam against the Centre’s Viswakarma Scheme.

It is noteworthy to mention that Tamil Nadu Congress Committee President K. Alagiri too participated in this where DMK MP A Raja made the speech. Both the DMK and Congress are part of the I.N.D.I. Alliance. Other members of the I.N.D.I Alliance who participated in the event include DMK MLA Ezhilan Naganathan, CPI-M State Secretary K. Balakrishnan, CPI State Secretary Muttharasan, VCK MP Thol. Thirumavalavan, MDMK Orgainzational Secretary Vandhiyathevan, Muslim outfit Manidhaneya Makkal Katchi (MMK) ‘Pudhu Madam’ Halim, and Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) State Secretary KM Nijamudeen.

He further said, “The Prime Minister is asking us to follow Sanatana Dharma. If he had followed it, he should not have gone to so many foreign countries. A good Hindu should not cross the ocean and go abroad. However, your (Modi) only job is to roam around different places. How dishonest is it for a person who goes around the world defying Sanatana Dharma to say ‘save Sanatana Dharma’?”

He added, “Yesterday I challenged the Prime Minister and Amit Shah to debate with me on Sanatana Dharma. I am saying this with the permission of my leader. Gather people in Delhi and make all your Shankaracharyas sit on the dais. Bring all your weapons like bow, arrow, knife, and quiver. I will come with only Periyar and Ambedkar books. Conquer me if you can. I am an ordinary Panchama Shudra in your view.”

A Raja went on to say, “Udhayanidhi Stalin’s speech on Sanatana Dharma was soft. If you ask me to speak on it, I will speak more harshly. Bring anyone from your side and arrange a debate in Delhi. Myself (A Raja) will come there to debate.”

He said, “I have said that Sanadana Dharma is different from the Hindu religion. They have translated that speech and spread it in 12 languages saying that A.Raja has divided the Hindus. Today, the entire country is discussing it. The spark that has started here today is the starting point for creating a completely egalitarian secular country in the next ten years.”

This is not the first time that DMK MP A Raja has spewed venom about the Hindu religion.

Earlier, A Raja stated that all Shudras are children of prostitutes and they will remain so until they remain in Hinduism.

The DMK MP had made derogatory remarks about the mythological story of Bhooma Devi (Earth Goddess) and Varaha avatar of Lord Vishnu while hailing Christianity as a religion that encourages scientific temper.

“There is a reason to wish Christians and Muslims on their festivals. What will you wish for Deepavali? Can the earth be rolled like a carpet? Can someone be born as a pig? Can a pig and Bhuma devi have sex and give birth to an Asura? Since these are all against science and doesn’t align to rational thoughts, I don’t wish for Hindu festivals.”, he said.

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