When Nehru wished ‘criminal-minded’ Periyar to be despatched to lunatic asylum

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) social gathering has been below hearth after Udhayanidhi Stalin known as for the eradication of Santan Dharma. The DMK chief had additionally hailed EVR Ramaswamy aka Periyar, an anti-Hindu activist revered by the Dravidian social gathering.

Interestingly, India’s Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was against Periyar for his anit-Hindu views and had even dubbed the latter as ‘lunatic.’ The Congress social gathering at this time is in an alliance with the identical DMK in Tamil Nadu, which swears by the ‘greatness’ of the anti-Hindu activist.

In a letter [pdf] to Madras Chief Minister Kumaraswami Kamaraj on November 5, 1957, PM Nehru said, “I am much distressed by the anti-Brahmin campaign continuously carried on by E.V. Ramaswami Naicker.’ I wrote to you I think about this some time ago, and I was told that this matter was under consideration.”

Letter of PM Nehru to Kamaraj

“I find that Ramaswami Naicker is going on saying the same thing again and calling upon people at the right time to start stabbing and killing. What he says can only be said by a criminal or a lunatic,” he identified.

PM Nehru informed the Madras Chief Minister, “I do not know him adequately to be able to decide what he is, but one thing is clear to me that this kind of thing has a very demoralizing effect on the country. All the anti-social and criminal elements imagine that they can act in this way also.”

The first Prime Minister of India was of the view that anti-Brahmin ‘activists’ comparable to Periyar needs to be positioned in a psychological asylum, meant for therapy of ‘perveted minds.’

Nehru wished CM Kamaraj to cease Periyar’s hate marketing campaign in opposition to Hindus

He had reiterated, “I suggest, therefore, to you that there should be no delay in dealing with this matter. Let him be put in a lunatic asylum and his perverted mind treated there. I do not understand anyone telling me that the law does not allow us to take action unless actual killing takes place.”

“The law is often very foolish but it is not quite so foolish as to permit a campaign of incitement to murder,” PM Nehru stated in his letter dated November 5, 1957.

He had written the letter to the Madras CM after Periyar organised a conference in Tanjavur to demand removing of constitutional provisions that guranteed Right to Freedom of Religion.

The Dravida Kazagham, below Periyar’s management, had known as for the killing of Brahmins and the destruction of their residential properties on November 3, 1957.

Multiple references of Nehru calling for Periyar being despatched to ‘lunatic asylum’

The letter by the Congress chief is produced on Page 387 of ‘Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru, Second Series, Volume 40.’

A e-book on Madras State’s fourth CM, C. N. Annadurai, written by PC Ganesan additionally makes reference of PM Nehru dubbing Periyar as ‘old and senile’ man who deserved to be in a lunatic asylum.

“The Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru considered it a sacrilegious act and in an outburst of anger remarked that “old and senile men like Periyar deserved a place more in a lunatic asylum than in public life,” it quoted PM Nehru as saying.

Periyar and his hate for Hindus

Periyar was a vehement advocate of anti-Hinduism, anti-Brahminism and a pro-British.  Many EVR apologists at this time indulge within the propaganda that EVR by no means advocated racial hatred in opposition to Brahmins. However, EVR was express in his agenda.

The journal Periyar edited revealed articles praising the ascendancy of Adolf Hitler and warned Brahmins in Tamil Nadu that they need to be taught from the plight of Jews in Nazi Germany and go for course correction.

Periyar’s dislike for Brahmins was so deep-rooted in him that he was virtually blinded by his intense hatred and anger directed at Brahmins. He reportedly used to inform his followers that in the event that they ever encountered a Brahmin and a snake on the highway, they need to kill the Brahmin first.

He has, in his lifetime, unfold quite a few canards in regards to the Ramayana. All his lies had been directed in direction of slandering the God who is taken into account Maryada Purshottam by Hindus. His lies ranged from accusing Shri Rama of being casteist to claiming that he killed and mutilated girls.

Periyar not solely claimed that no ‘North Indian Brahmin’ died within the struggle in opposition to Ravana however additional propagated that Lord Rama had married girls aside from Sita for his sexual pleasure. He had additionally claimed that Lankan King Ravana was, in truth, a Dravidian King from South India.

Periyar had additionally burnt photos of Lord Rama, who is likely one of the most revered Hindu gods. This is just not all, Periyar is infamous for organizing a procession in Salem in Tamil Nadu with massive cutouts of “Ram”, “Sita” and “Hanuman” garlanded with slippers.

Apart from his hatred for Lord Rama, Periyar additionally broke statues of Lord Ganesha. In truth, all his deeds mirrored the digital hatred that he harboured in direction of Hindus and Brahmins.

Udhayanidhi Stalin and his objectionable remarks in opposition to Sanatan Dharma

On Saturday (September 2), the Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development of Tamil Nadu stated, “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 said. 

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.