Tamil Nadu police lodge FIR in opposition to Abhijit Majumder for criticising Udhayanidhi Stalin

More than three weeks after journalist and FirstSubmit columnist Abhijit Majumder wrote a vital piece on the anti-Hindu remarks of Tamil Nadu DMK MLA Udhayanidhi Stalin, the Tamil Nadu police reportedly lodged a First Information Report (FIR) in opposition to him.

On Friday (September 30), Majumder took to X (previously Twitter) to tell {that a} workforce of 4 Tamil Nadu police personnel reached a distinguished information studio workplace and have been in search of him. As the journalist was travelling elsewhere, the cops couldn’t pay money for him.

“What a day. Got a call from the media house I write and do TV for that 4 Tamil Nadu cops came looking for me for a piece I had written criticising Udhayanidhi Stalin’s call to eradicate Sanatan Dharma. Apparently, FIR has been filed. Then lawyers, cops. They say Modi is fascist,” he tweeted.

What a day.
Got a name from the media home I write and do TV for that 4 Tamil Nadu cops got here in search of me for a bit I had written criticising Udhayanidhi Stalin’s name to eradicate Sanatan Dharma.
Apparently, FIR has been filed.
Then legal professionals, cops.
They say Modi is fascist.

— Abhijit Majumder (@abhijitmajumder) September 29, 2023

OpIndia learnt that Abhijit Majumder was additionally not offered a duplicate of the First Information Report, registered in opposition to him by the Tamil Nadu police.

On September 3 this 12 months, the FirstSubmit columnist wrote an article, highlighting the ‘genocidal nature’ of the anti-Hindu speech delivered by Udhyanaidhi Stalin.

“Udhayanidhi Stalin’s genocidal call to exterminate those who follow Sanatan Dharma, or the timeless Hindu faith, is not surprising in Tamil Nadu, a state whose ethos has long been poisoned by EV Ramaswamy ‘Periyar’,” he had written.

Screengrab of the article by Abhijit Majumder on FirstSubmit

Abhijit Majumder identified that the likes of EVR Ramaswamy (aka Periyar), the anti-Hindu activist revered by Stalin’s social gathering, had been on the forefront of normalising Hindu hatred in Tamil Nadu.

“Even in the ’70s, Hindu deities were smashed or hit with slippers in the name of fighting historical injustices meted out to lower castes by Brahmins.
Udhayanidhi’s rant comparing Hindus with malarial mosquitoes and Covid virus could have easily gone without the kind of outrage we are seeing today,” he stated.

The FirstSubmit columnist famous that the backlash confronted by Udhayanidhi Stalin was a sign of the revival of Sanatan Dharma in Tamil Nadu. “Hinduness has been in Tamil Nadu for as long as it existed in the rest of India, tracing back to the Vedic times. It is not possible to keep that fountainhead of Sanatan Dharma muted forever with the rock of Dravidianism,” he added.

Udhayanidhi’s mom is a religious Hindu. In that sense his rant isn’t just anti-Hindu but additionally matricidal.

This is a quote from @abhijitmajumder‘s article. Now the Tamil Nadu police is after him. FIRs have been registered. Meanwhile, Supreme Court is silent.#IStandWithAbhijit

— Anand Ranganathan (@ARanganathan72) September 30, 2023

In his article, Abhijit Majumder talked at size in regards to the rise of the BJP in Tamil Nadu beneath the management of State President Annamalai.

“Udhayanidhi Stalin’s message has also gone out loud and clear. The innate bigotry and violence of it may gladden many of his supporters, but it will also polarise and consolidate votes against him,” he remarked.

“His own mother is a devout, practising Hindu. In that sense, his rant is not just anti-Hindu and anti-Bharat, but it is also in a sense matricidal. The DMK may not be able to live it down,” the journalist had concluded.

Firstpost served a robust authorized discover by AICC Legal Dept f defamatory, incendiary & provocative information articles. Media should comprehend it’s limits & desist fr appearing as mouth piece of Ruling social gathering. ⁦@INCIndia⁩ ⁦@PChidambaram_IN⁩ ⁦@RahulGandhi⁩ ⁦⁦@KapilSibal⁩ pic.twitter.com/xxd5mKO3Wx

— Vivek Tankha (@VTankha) June 21, 2020

This is just not the primary time {that a} case has been lodged in opposition to Abhijit Majumder. Earlier in June 2020, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) served a authorized discover to him for criticising the grand-old social gathering.

The Background of the Controversy

The growth got here practically a month after Udhayanidhi Stalin stirred the hornet’s nest by evaluating the Hindu civilisational non secular philosophy with ‘malaria’ and ‘dengue.’

On September 2 this 12 months, the DMK chief claimed, “Mosquitoes, dengue, flu, malaria, corona – we should not oppose these things. They’ve to be eradicated completely.”

“The same is the case with Santanam (Hinduism). Our first work should be to abolish/eradicate Sanatanam instead of opposing it. So, my appreciation to you all for giving an apt title to the meeting,” he acknowledged. 

I by no means known as for the genocide of people who find themselves following Sanatan Dharma. Sanatan Dharma is a precept that divides individuals within the identify of caste and faith. Uprooting Sanatan Dharma is upholding humanity and human equality.

I stand firmly by each phrase I’ve spoken. I spoke… https://t.co/Q31uVNdZVb

— Udhay (@Udhaystalin) September 2, 2023

Later, he went on a tirade in opposition to the Hindu civilisational non secular philosophy on social media. While taking to X (previously Twitter), Udhayanidhi Stalin wrote, “Sanatan Dharma is a principle that divides people in the name of caste and religion.”

“Uprooting Sanatan Dharma is upholding humanity and human equality…I spoke on behalf of the oppressed & marginalized, who suffer due to the Sanatan Dharma. I spoke on behalf of the oppressed & marginalized, who suffer due to the Sanatan Dharma,” he reiterated his sinister plan.

Tamil Nadu Congress chief Karti Chidambaram additionally prolonged his assist to Stalin on Saturday (September 2). “Sanatan Dharma is nothing but code for a Caste Hierarchical Society. All those batting for it are hankering for the Good Ole Days! Caste is the Curse of India,” he went on a vitriolic rant in opposition to the Hindu civilisational non secular philosophy.

Sanathana Dharma is nothing however code for a Caste Hierarchical Society. All these batting for it are hankering for the Good Ole Days! Caste is the Curse of India

— Karti P Chidambaram (@KartiPC) September 2, 2023

On September 3 morning, he posted one other tweet defending DMK chief Udhayanidhi Stalin. “There was no call for “Genocide” in opposition to anybody, this can be a mischievous spin,” Karti Chidambaram claimed.

Tamil Nadu Congress spokesperson and General Secretary Lakshmi Ramachandran additionally courted controversy for equating Hinduism (Sanatan Dharma) with hate-mongering.

Later, Communist Party of India (CPI) chief D Raja refused to acknowledge Sanatan Dharma as a non secular philosophy and blamed it for propagating inequality and patriarchy.

FIRs and counter FIRs

A First Information Report (FIR) was registered in opposition to Udhyanidhi Stalin for his derogatory remarks in opposition to Hinduism. The FIR, registered by the Mira Road police, was filed beneath Sections 153A and 295A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

On September 12, a BJP delegation in Tamil Nadu handed over a memorandum to the police demanding registration of an FIR in opposition to the DMK chief for his remarks. 

Earlier on September 7, 2023, Tiruchirappalli police filed an FIR in opposition to BJP spokesperson Amit Malviya for supposedly ‘distorting’ the speech of DMK Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Sanatan Dharma.