On 18 January 2026, a social media exchange laid bare the DMK’s entrenched hostility towards Brahmins, when a ruling party legislator reduced an entire community to “mosquitoes” in a public post while also reportedly calling for their elimination.

Political commentator Sumanth Raman posted on X mocking the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s record of poll promise keeping in office. Writing from his handle, he said: “The committee preparing the manifesto for @arivalayam has an easy task. Take their 2021 manifesto, change the date to 2026 and remove the handful of promises fulfilled. Add some more freebies and it is done. Should not take more than an hour”

The committee preparing the manifesto for @arivalayam has an easy task. Take their 2021 manifesto, change the date to 2026 and remove the handful of promises fulfilled. Add some more freebies and it is done. Should not take more than an hour.

— Sumanth Raman (@sumanthraman) January 18, 2026

The post criticised the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government for what he described as unfulfilled promises during its term.

In response, Thousand Lights constituency MLA Dr. Ezhilan quoted Raman’s post and wrote: “One of the many requests from the people to eliminate certain species of mosquitos …”

The remark immediately drew backlash on social media, with netizens alleging that the language amounted to dehumanisation and a veiled call for genocide, with some interpreting the “mosquitos” reference as being aimed at Brahmins.

The controversy intensified when a DMK ally, Indian National Congress State Working Chairman (OBC) Dhivya Marunthiah, added a laughing emoji while sharing Ezhilan’s post.

It is noteworthy that Marunthiah had earlier circulated an older clip of Islamist extremist Ahmed Ali aka Palani Baba, in response to Vedic scholar Dushyanth Sridhar’s post about Thirupparankundram. In the video, Ali is heard saying, “I’m giving you a final warning, stay inside your house or else, I’ll turn into an extremist.”

Let us take a look at genocide calls against Brahmins by DMK functionaries.

In June 2022, the party’s spokesperson Rajiv Gandhi posted on his Twitter advocating genocide against the community.

Political commentator Sumanth Raman had shared a snippet of EV Ramaswamy Naicker (EVR)’s speech in which the anti-Hindu hate mongerer calls for killing Tamil Brahmins.

“They are celebrating festival it seems.. He (Tamil Brahmin) is celebrating Soora Samharam (a festival commemorating Lord Murugan’s victory over demon king Soora Padman). He (Soora Padman) was someone who said there is no God. They (Tamil Brahmins) killed him. So, now we can kill those buggers.”  EVR, who is hailed as ‘Periyar’ by his followers says in that speech.

EVR also goes on to say “That won’t be wrong. Maybe legally it will be wrong. That legal offence and all is humbug. We can’t be bothered that it is legally wrong. We have to come to this conclusion. Wherever we see a temple, we must go inside and break all the idols inside. Wherever we find a Paapaan (a derogatory way of calling Tamil Brahmins), we must kill and destroy him. He has done like this to us. He has come to this good position by doing these kinds of things only. We must also do such things to him (Tamil Brahmin). A few of us (non-Brahmins) would have to die for the cause. If one Tamilan (non-Brahmin) dies for one Tamil Brahmin, only 3 of us will die out of every hundred. Balance 84%, sorry.. 100-3 equals 97, 97-3 equals 94. 94% of us will still remain but he (Tamil Brahmin) will be completely eliminated. We will definitely go this level. We can only go step by step.”

This brazen call for genocide was given by ‘Periyar’ EV Ramaswamy Naicker in 1973 at Karikudi, Tamil Nadu.

Sharing this speech snippet on his X handle, Sumanth Raman drew the attention of the people living in the rest of India to understand the hate peddled against Tamil Brahmins in Tamil Nadu. He also added that the genocide did not happen thanks to Indira Gandhi, and AIADMK supremos MG Ramachandran and J Jayalalithaa.

Responding to this tweet, DMK spokesperson Rajiv Gandhi wrote “Had only the Shudras carried out Periyar’s instructions, they wouldn’t have to fight with people like you today to get justice, employment, rights, education, employment and equality. At 3% you are still encroaching a lot of the space.”

Now let us take a look at the anti-Hindu comments made by Ezhilan.

In March 2025, the Thousand Lights MLA propagated divisive views and ridiculed the highly revered spiritual text, the Bhagavad Gita. The incident took place at a book launch event for Dravidian Stock’s translation of Kalaignar’s Thirukkural, where he mocked Hindu spiritual texts like the Gita and Upanishads.

Speaking at the event DMK MLA Ezhilan said, “Have you noticed that even today, Kamba Ramayana festivals are being conducted in palatial five-star hotels under the guise of Bhagavad Gita oration? They declare it as ‘elite,’ delivering narrations in English, and then you have Englishmen’s narration, exclaiming, ‘Wow! awesome! The Bhagavad Gita is a perceptional change!’ That (Gita) itself an extra fitting. The Mahabharata unfolds on one side, and it is evident that this (Gita) was cleverly inserted in the middle. Suddenly, at the peak of the war, Krishna begins advising Arjuna—this is what they call the Gita.”

He laughed and said, “Dei, there’s a war happening, people are killing each other, and now you’re giving advice? Comrades, we have studied many war stories from around the world—have you ever read anything like this? We’ve read the Iliad and the Odyssey. We have the Puranaanooru, which even depicts elephants. That’s fine. We’ve also spoken of Kalingathu Parani. But tell me—have you ever seen a moment in the middle of a war where, as arrows fly, someone says, “Wait, I’m advising him!”? Do you understand any of the logic behind this? They inserted it into the Bhagavad Gita and used it to influence/killing us (Vachu Seiran), but there is no originality in it, comrades.’”

Then DMK MLA Ezhilan argues that the Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads were deliberately crafted as a strategic response to counter Buddhist influence. Furthermore, Ezhilan continues, stating that the tradition (without directly naming Hinduism) contains mantras primarily for destruction—mantras for jaundice and diseases, for urination, and even for constipation. He remarks, “If you study them, you’ll find it laughable; it’s an extensive content.”

This is not the first time DMK MLA Ezhilan has been accused of offending Hindu sentiments. On 3 June 2021, in a controversial move, DMK cadres set up a stage in front of Chennai’s Perumal Temple to mark Karunanidhi’s 98th birth anniversary, distributing chicken and mutton biryani despite COVID restrictions. The event, attended by leaders including DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran and MLA Ezhilan Naganathan, drew backlash for obstructing the temple entrance and serving non-vegetarian food. Hindu organizations strongly condemned the act, leading to widespread public outrage.

ஆயிரம் விளக்கு பகுதி 118வது கிழக்கு வார்டில் அமைந்துள்ள சீனிவாச பெருமாள் சன்னதி தெருவில் அமைந்துள்ள பெருமாள் கோவில் வாசலில் 3 – 5-2021 மாலை 12 மணி அளவில் கருணாநிதி பிறந்தநாளை முன்னிட்டு கோவில் வாசலில் சிக்கன் மற்றும் மட்டன் பிரியாணி போடப்பட்டது , தயாநிதி மாறன் எம் பி pic.twitter.com/Yl1F2qQ1DT

— kishore k swamy  (@sansbarrier) June 6, 2021

In another old video, the DMK leader can be seen spewing venom against Hindu Gods much like what was done by the rabid anti-Hindu YouTube channel Karuppar Koottam.

In the video, Ezhilan Naganathan can be heard saying, “Narada is a known face in Hindu mythology. But, did you know that all he wanted was to be sexually involved with a lot of women?”

He then went on to say how Lord Vishnu had acted like a ‘pimp’ and had asked Narada to go around to the houses on Earth and take every beautiful girl who was present there for himself.

“When Narada had entered any house on Earth, Lord Vishnu was found to be sprawling on the laps of these women. When Narada had questioned this, Lord Vishnu had merely laughed. This caused Narada to proceed to transform himself into a woman, just so he could sleep with Lord Vishnu”, Naganathan can be heard saying in the video.

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