‘Udayanidhi Stalin must be arrested’: Sushil Modi on DMK chief’s Sanatan Dharma remarks 

By PTI

PATNA: Senior BJP chief Sushil Kumar Modi on Sunday dubbed as “treason” the remarks on ‘Sanatan Dharma’ made by Tamil Nadu minister and DMK chief Udayanidhi Stalin and demanded his arrest.

The Rajya Sabha MP additionally requested Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad to make clear their stand on the difficulty, given their affinity with the DMK.

“Udayanidhi Stalin should be arrested and sent to jail for having compared Sanatana Dharma to ailments like dengue and malaria,” the previous Bihar Deputy CM advised reporters right here.

“The statement amounts to treason (‘deshdroh’) since Stalin did not advocate eradication of the ills plaguing the faith, but called for rooting out the faith itself. The DMK has historically been associated with this type of politics,” alleged Sushil Modi.

Stalin, whose father MK Stalin is the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and heads the DMK, made the remarks on Saturday when he was addressing a writers’ and artists’ meet.

Sushil Modi additionally questioned the “silence of Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad and (Congress leader) Rahul Gandhi”, all outstanding figures of the newly fashioned coalition INDIA, of which the DMK can also be a component.

The BJP chief alleged that the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ authorities in Bihar has been displaying a “similar anti-Hindu stance.”

“Take the example of the change in holiday list of schools. They have decided to keep schools open on many Hindu festivals but did not have the guts to do so on ‘Chehallum’ or Prophet Mohammed’s birthday. People are angry. No students turned up at schools on Raksha Bandhan,” he claimed.

Sushil Modi’s celebration colleague Giriraj Singh, a minister within the Union cabinet, mentioned in his Lok Sabha constituency Begusarai that “the DMK leader’s statement poses a challenge to Hindus who must unite, rising above caste lines, and defeat anti-Hindu INDIA (bloc).”

Former Lok Janshakti Party president Chirag Paswan additionally lashed out on the DMK chief for the controversial comment.

Talking to reporters in Nalanda district, he mentioned, “I want to know whether Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad condone the divisive politics of their alliance partner from Tamil Nadu.”

Paswan’s uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras, a Union minister who has burnt bridges with the nephew, nonetheless, refused to hitch concern with the opposition on the matter.

“The statement may be a reflection on DMK’s ideology. We do not ascribe to the view, Paras said in Samastipur, stopping short of the outrage expressed by other NDA partners.”

PATNA: Senior BJP chief Sushil Kumar Modi on Sunday dubbed as “treason” the remarks on ‘Sanatan Dharma’ made by Tamil Nadu minister and DMK chief Udayanidhi Stalin and demanded his arrest.

The Rajya Sabha MP additionally requested Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad to make clear their stand on the difficulty, given their affinity with the DMK.

“Udayanidhi Stalin should be arrested and sent to jail for having compared Sanatana Dharma to ailments like dengue and malaria,” the previous Bihar Deputy CM advised reporters right here.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

“The statement amounts to treason (‘deshdroh’) since Stalin did not advocate eradication of the ills plaguing the faith, but called for rooting out the faith itself. The DMK has historically been associated with this type of politics,” alleged Sushil Modi.

Stalin, whose father MK Stalin is the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and heads the DMK, made the remarks on Saturday when he was addressing a writers’ and artists’ meet.

Sushil Modi additionally questioned the “silence of Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad and (Congress leader) Rahul Gandhi”, all outstanding figures of the newly fashioned coalition INDIA, of which the DMK can also be a component.

The BJP chief alleged that the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ authorities in Bihar has been displaying a “similar anti-Hindu stance.”

“Take the example of the change in holiday list of schools. They have decided to keep schools open on many Hindu festivals but did not have the guts to do so on ‘Chehallum’ or Prophet Mohammed’s birthday. People are angry. No students turned up at schools on Raksha Bandhan,” he claimed.

Sushil Modi’s celebration colleague Giriraj Singh, a minister within the Union cabinet, mentioned in his Lok Sabha constituency Begusarai that “the DMK leader’s statement poses a challenge to Hindus who must unite, rising above caste lines, and defeat anti-Hindu INDIA (bloc).”

Former Lok Janshakti Party president Chirag Paswan additionally lashed out on the DMK chief for the controversial comment.

Talking to reporters in Nalanda district, he mentioned, “I want to know whether Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad condone the divisive politics of their alliance partner from Tamil Nadu.”

Paswan’s uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras, a Union minister who has burnt bridges with the nephew, nonetheless, refused to hitch concern with the opposition on the matter.

“The statement may be a reflection on DMK’s ideology. We do not ascribe to the view, Paras said in Samastipur, stopping short of the outrage expressed by other NDA partners.”