As the nation gears up to welcome Lord Ram at his grand temple in Ayodhya, DMK scion Udhyanidhi Stalin has said that his party is against the demolition of the Babri Masjid and building the temple on that site.
DMK Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin was addressing reporters at Chennai’s Anna Salai after inaugurating the torch run ahead of his party youth wing’s conference scheduled in Salem on 21 January 2024.
When a reporter asked “The AIADMK has said that participating in the Ram Temple inauguration is a matter of personal choice and that it should not be viewed politically.”, Udhayanidhi Stalin replied that the DMK was against the construction of building the temple at the site of Babri Masjid.
He said “They (AIADMK) have expressed their wishes. They sent people for the karseva. Kalaignar had already told that we’re not against the beliefs of anyone. We don’t have a problem with the temple coming there. But razing down the mosque present there and building the temple on that site is what we do not agree. Our treasurer has already said. Religion and politics shouldn’t be mixed.”
He also quipped at Edappadi K. Palaniswami’s non-participation in Ram Mandir celebration with excuse of having a leg pain.
“Since he keeps crawling every now and then, he is getting leg pain”, Udhayaindhi Stalin said in a sly jibe at Palaniswami’s act of falling at the feet of Sasikala Natarajan when he was appointed Chief Minister.
மசூதியை இடித்துவிட்டு கோயிலை கட்டியதில் திமுகவிற்கு உடன்பாடு இல்லை – அமைச்சர் உதயநிதி#UdhayanidhiStalin | #DMK | #AyodhaRamMandir | #Ayodhya pic.twitter.com/DMp7fWaDgJ
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Udhayanidhi Stalin gained national spotlight in September 2023 for his abusive comments on Sanatana Dharma (aka Hinduism) at the ‘Eradicate Sanatana Dharma’ conference held by a Leftist-Dravidianist group.
The DMK Minister said “Mosquitoes, dengue, flu, malaria, corona – we should not oppose these things. They’ve to be eradicated completely. Same is the case with Santanam (Hinduism). Our first work should be to abolish/eradicate Sanatanam instead of opposing it.”
This had led to a national outrage with even the I.N.D.I. allies distancing themselves from the DMK.
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