mohan kumaramangalam – The Commune https://thecommunemag.com Mainstreaming Alternate Sun, 14 May 2023 03:49:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://thecommunemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-TC_SF-1-32x32.jpg mohan kumaramangalam – The Commune https://thecommunemag.com 32 32 DMK, Congress Leaders Give Fodder For Secessionist Forces, Push For “United States Of South India” https://thecommunemag.com/dmk-congress-leaders-give-fodder-for-secessionist-forces-push-for-united-states-of-south-india/ Sun, 14 May 2023 03:49:28 +0000 https://thecommunemag.com/?p=55777 The 2023 Karnataka Assembly Elections saw Congress emerge victorious with 135 seats pushing the BJP to a distant second with 65 seats. As soon as the trend of Congress winning became clear, many of their leaders along with DMK were found calling for a separate “United States of South India”. Padma Priya, state deputy secretary […]

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The 2023 Karnataka Assembly Elections saw Congress emerge victorious with 135 seats pushing the BJP to a distant second with 65 seats.

As soon as the trend of Congress winning became clear, many of their leaders along with DMK were found calling for a separate “United States of South India”.

Padma Priya, state deputy secretary of the DMK’s environment wing, with a secessionist undertone, posted an image of India with South Indian states in a different color. The image showed 5 South Indian states namely Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra, Telangana, and Karnataka as the United States of South India. She further added that the idea is yet to be proven.

While congratulating the Congress on its performance in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin stated with a secessionist undertone that the “Dravidian Landmass” is free of the BJP. In his tweet, MK Stalin said, “Congrats INCIndia on spectacular winning of Karnataka. The unjustifiable disqualification of brother Rahul Gandhi as MP, misusing premier investigative agencies against political opponents, imposing Hindi, and rampant corruption have all echoed in the minds of Karnataka people while voting and they have upheld the Kannadiga Pride by teaching a befitting lesson to BJP’s vindictive politics. The landmass of the Dravidian family stands clear of BJP. Now let us all work together to win 2024 to restore democracy and constitutional values in India.”

Following the defeat of the BJP, TNCC working president Mohan Kumaramangalam proclaimed that South India is finally “free”.

Dhivya Marunthaiah, a Youth Congress leader from Tamil Nadu too pushed the separatist narrative.

These utterances by DMK and Congress leaders on “United States of South India” gains credence in light of Rahul Gandhi’s emphasis on India not being a nation but a loose “union of states” like the European Union.

Rahul Gandhi on several occasions (in Parliament and abroad) has challenged the idea of India as a nation saying that India is a union of states which runs on a ‘partnership’ by means of negotiations.

During the election campaign as well, the Congress pushed a divisive narrative and even called for establishing a “sovereign” Karnataka.

By aping the DMK, the Congress is pushing a dangerous rhetoric that will only add fodder to secessionist forces who are salivating for India to balkanize.

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]]> TN Cong Leader Resorts To Brahmin Baiting https://thecommunemag.com/tn-cong-leader-resorts-to-brahmin-baiting/ Sun, 19 Jun 2022 07:35:44 +0000 https://thecommunemag.com/?p=46121 Rangarajan Mohan Kumaramangalam, the President of Tamil Nadu unit of All Indian Professional Congress took a jibe at the Brahmin community stereotyping them as a ‘shy lot’. Kumaramangalam while giving his two cents on the Nupur Sharma controversy resorted to taking digs at the Sharma caste as reports of Nupur Sharma lying low for her […]

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Rangarajan Mohan Kumaramangalam, the President of Tamil Nadu unit of All Indian Professional Congress took a jibe at the Brahmin community stereotyping them as a ‘shy lot’.

Kumaramangalam while giving his two cents on the Nupur Sharma controversy resorted to taking digs at the Sharma caste as reports of Nupur Sharma lying low for her safety came in.

Sharing a screenshot of NDTV’s headline about Nupur Sharma allegedly being ‘untraceable’, Kumaramangalam said “First Komal Sharma and now Nupur Sharma . These Sharmas are a shy lot or Is RSS now Rescue Sharmas Sangh?”

 

The Komal Sharma mentioned in Kumaramangalam’s tweet refers to the Delhi University student belonging to the ABVP who was involved in the violence that broke out in the JNU campus back in 2020.

Many including sympathizers of the Congress party have lashed out at the insensitive remarks made by Kumaramangalam.

When one of the Congress sympathizer named Shanker Pandey objected to Kumaramangalam’s comments, the latter has brushed it aside saying that it was a “play on words” and “not stereotyping any caste or religion”.

“Not every Muslim is a terrorist, in the same way not every Brahmin is a Sanghi”, the Congress symapthizer had tweeted.

“Pandeyji I have NOT said all Brahmins are RSS. I have merely pointed out that two people with the same last name affiliated to the RSS can’t seem to be found and therefore are being protected by them – it is a play on words , not stereotyping any caste or religion.”, Kumaramangalam said in response to his tweet.

Mohan Kumaramangalam’s tweet is also being seen in the light of a non-Brahmin dominant caste resorting to Brahmin baiting, which the Dravidian elite upper castes are known for.

This is not the first time Kumaramangalam had made objectionable remarks.

Earlier when it was reported that a Shivling had been discovered in the Gyanvapi Masjid, Kumaramangalam had made fun of Lord Siva.

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