Piyush Goyal said that the people of Tamil Nadu would give a fitting reply in the Lok Sabha election next year to the DMK and its Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin for his remark on Sanatana Dharma.
A bigger conspiracy is being hatched to punish the Southern States for their good performance, through the impending Delimitation exercise of Lok Sabha Constituencies, Udhayanidhi Stalin said
Scores of Hindu saints on Monday staged a protest against DMK's Udhayanidhi Stalin over the Sanatan Dharma row and burnt his effigies near Tamil Nadu Bhawan here.
Addressing a party meet, Kamal Haasan, without naming Udhayanidhi, the BJP or any other outfit, said a "young child" is being targeted today as he had spoken about Sanatana Dharma
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday reduced the qualifying percentile for NEET PG 2023 to be eligible for counselling to zero across all categories.
It led to a massive controversy across the nation with several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders questioning the INDIA bloc (DMK is a partner in the INDIA alliance) and condemning the remarks of Udhaynidhi Stalin.
On September 5, a group of 262 eminent citizens, including former high court judges, bureaucrats, and war veterans had written a letter to the Chief Justice of India requesting him to take suo moto cognisance of the alleged hate speech made by Udhayanidhi Stalin.
His son Udhayanidhi Stalin has been going hammer and tongs against the BJP government at the Centre and has been harsh in his criticisms against the central government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in particular.
Udhayanidhi Stalin had derided Sanatan Dharma for its alleged divisiveness and lack of equality and had called for its eradication on the lines of diseases like malaria, dengue and coronavirus.
The Supreme Court had on April 28 this year directed all states and Union Territories to register cases against those making hate speeches even if no complaint was made
The BJP delegation also demanded the dismissal of Minister PK Sekar Babu for being a part of the 'Sanatana eradication' conference, which is a violation of his oath to office.
Stalin said on Thursday that it was 'unfair' for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to comment on the statement of Udhayanidhi Stalin without properly ascertaining facts
Tamil Nadu Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Thursday accused the saffron party leaders of "twisting" his statements and vowed to face all cases in this connection legally
During the meeting with Council of Ministers, PM Modi asked them to react strongly on Stalin's remark, indicating that the saffron party is set to make it a national issue
