Sanatan Dharma Row: BJP leaders submit 'protest letter' against Udhayanidhi Stalin in Delhi

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Monday submitted a "protest letter" at Delhi's Tamil Nadu Bhawan against DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin for his remarks against 'Sanatan Dharma'. Tamil Nadu Youth Welfare Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin said that the 'Sanatan Dharma' is against equality and social justice, and that it should be eradicated.

Udhayanidhi, who is the son of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, compared the 'Sanatan Dharma' to coronavirus, malaria, and dengue fever and said such things should not be opposed but destroyed.

The "protest letter" submitted by the delegation, which included Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva, was addressed to the Tamil Nadu chief minister through the state's principal resident commissioner in Delhi.


Members and leaders of the INDIA bloc, including the AAP and its chief Arvind Kejriwal, should clear their stand on Udhayanidhi Stalin's attack on 'Sanatan Dharma', Sachdeva said.

On Sunday, the BJP launched a scathing attack on Stalin for his statement and termed it as "parasitic" behaviour and shameful.

Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters, BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said, "The topic addressed by the DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin was the 'Eradication of Sanatana Dharma'. He read the statement from a paper. It is highly shameful. It is a case of the hate speech."

The statement he gave was not accidental but absolutely intentional, he claimed.

Taking a swipe at the Opposition bloc I.N.D.I.A, the spokesperson said," Within just 24 hours of the conclusion of the Mumbai meeting of the 'Ghamandiya Gathbandhan', this 'bomb' exploded."

"Who wrote that paper for Udhayanidhi? What's the role of 'Ghamandiya Gathbandhan' in this?," Trivedi said attacking the I.N.D.I.A bloc.

In a veiled attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on his "mohabbat ki dukaan (shop of love against hatred), the spokesperson said, "Udhayanidhi's statement has clearly unveiled the true face of the 'mohabbat ki dukaan'.Notably, this is not a statement given in isolation, this is completely consequential."

He also accused various leaders from the Opposition parties of making derogatory remarks on Hindu religion.

(With inputs from agencies)