Tamil Nadu: After Udhaynidhi Stalin, now DMK’s A Raja denigrates Sanatana Dharma, compares it with ‘leprosy and AIDS’
December 5, 2025
  • Read Ecopy
  • Circulation
  • Advertise
  • Careers
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
Android AppiPhone AppArattai
Organiser
  • ‌
  • Bharat
    • Assam
    • Bihar
    • Chhattisgarh
    • Jharkhand
    • Maharashtra
    • View All States
  • World
    • Asia
    • Europe
    • North America
    • South America
    • Africa
    • Australia
  • Editorial
  • International
  • Opinion
  • RSS @ 100
  • More
    • Op Sindoor
    • Analysis
    • Sports
    • Defence
    • Politics
    • Business
    • Economy
    • Culture
    • Special Report
    • Sci & Tech
    • Entertainment
    • G20
    • Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav
    • Vocal4Local
    • Web Stories
    • Education
    • Employment
    • Books
    • Interviews
    • Travel
    • Law
    • Health
    • Obituary
  • Subscribe
    • Subscribe Print Edition
    • Subscribe Ecopy
    • Read Ecopy
  • ‌
  • Bharat
    • Assam
    • Bihar
    • Chhattisgarh
    • Jharkhand
    • Maharashtra
    • View All States
  • World
    • Asia
    • Europe
    • North America
    • South America
    • Africa
    • Australia
  • Editorial
  • International
  • Opinion
  • RSS @ 100
  • More
    • Op Sindoor
    • Analysis
    • Sports
    • Defence
    • Politics
    • Business
    • Economy
    • Culture
    • Special Report
    • Sci & Tech
    • Entertainment
    • G20
    • Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav
    • Vocal4Local
    • Web Stories
    • Education
    • Employment
    • Books
    • Interviews
    • Travel
    • Law
    • Health
    • Obituary
  • Subscribe
    • Subscribe Print Edition
    • Subscribe Ecopy
    • Read Ecopy
Organiser
  • Home
  • Bharat
  • World
  • Operation Sindoor
  • Editorial
  • Analysis
  • Opinion
  • Culture
  • Defence
  • International Edition
  • RSS @ 100
  • Magazine
  • Read Ecopy
Home Bharat

Tamil Nadu: After Udhaynidhi Stalin, now DMK’s A Raja denigrates Sanatana Dharma, compares it with ‘leprosy and AIDS’

Even before Tamil Nadu youth welfare and sports Udhayanidhi Stalin’s controversial comments on Sanatana dharma died down, DMK MP A Raja compared it with HIV and leprosy

TS VenkatesanTS Venkatesan
Sep 7, 2023, 04:00 pm IST
in Bharat, Tamil Nadu
Follow on Google News
FacebookTwitterWhatsAppTelegramEmail

Tamil Nadu youth welfare and sports Udhayanidhi Stalin had recently said that Sanatana Dharma should be eradicated the way we eradicate malaria, dengue and corona. Before his controversial innuendos against Sanatana dharma faded away from public memory, Nilgiri Lok Sabha member and former union minister ( 2G scame fame) Andimuthu Raja likened Sanatana dharma to Leprosy and HIV AIDS.

On the day of Janmashtami when Hindus merrily celebrate their festival, DMK leader A Raja chose to equate targeting 80% of Bharat’s population, who follow Sanatan Dharma with HIV and leprosy disease. pic.twitter.com/okMrnsogQ9

— Rishi Bagree (@rishibagree) September 7, 2023

Raja, who is also the Deputy Secretary of the DMK , known for his rabid Hindu phobic comments took part in a protest organised by Secular Progressive Alliance – part of the anti-Hindu outfit Dravidar Kazhagam- against the Vishwakarma Yojana scheme launched by the Modi government. Raja said “Bring anyone from the BJP. I am ready for a public debate on Sanathana Dharma. The vishwakarma Yojana scheme is a manifestation of Sanatana Dharma.” “Udhayanidhi has spoken softly. I would go hard at Sanatana Dharma, ”

Coming out in support of  his youth wing secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin, Raja said “I am oddly surprised that Udhayanidhi Stalin had only spoken about it only softly saying (Sanatana Dharma) has to be eradicated like malaria and dengue. Malaria and dengue doesn’t have social stigma. The society won’t look at them disgustingly. If we have to call it something disgusting, there was leprosy, there is HIV today. For us, just like leprosy and HIV, we’ve to see it (Sanathana Dharma) as a social stigma.”

Tamil Nadu Congress Committee President K. Alagiri too participated in this protest, where DMK MP A Raja made this hate speech. Both the DMK and Congress are part of the I.N.D.I. Alliance.

Two days ago , speaking at a party meeting in Pondicherry Raja said “I dare Amit Shah from Puduvai (Puducherry). Let it be anyone from the BJP, or yourself (Amit Shah). Let us have an open debate in Delhi. Let one lakh people gather. Let us debate Sanatana Dharma. Let the people of the country decide who is right? I am ready. DMK is ready. Are you ready?”.

He said that Amit Shah became a minister and he became a minister only because of the destruction of Sanatan Dharma, Raja said “Only because of that you are home minister, otherwise you would have been doing something else. Only because we fought Sanatana Dharma, Tamizhisai Soundararajan is Governor now, Vanathi Srinivasan is an advocate. Only because we destroyed it, Annamalai is IPS, instead of rearing cattle. Are you not ashamed of speaking in support of Sanatana Dharma after securing the positions (of power) through the Sanatana Dharma we destroyed. Don’t you have conscience?”

The former union minister said “  Do we want to revive such practices ( sati) ? We have fought all odds (in removing such practices). If we accept this sana tana dharma , we are against the principles advocated by Periyar. Former CM CN Annadurai, and Kalaignar Karunanidhi . Accepting this dharma will make us an enemy for fellow human beings . I am not a human, if I accept this dharma”.

A Raja had earlier said ( in a video) “ As long as an inch of idol , and Hinduism (sana tana) is there, we can’t bring communism here.  Even after that, if we do not oppose Hinduism, BJP and saffron, how revolution will happen. If you are a true Tamil, first come out of the Hindu religion fold.  These barbaric pray cow and money as gods.  We unite together to wage a fight against it to bring revolution”.

In September last year  Raja said “You are a Shudra till you remain a Hindu. You are the son of a prostitute till you remain as Shudra. You are a Panchaman (Dalit) till you remain a Hindu. You are an untouchable till you remain a Hindu,” Raja said while addressing a meeting of Dravidar Kazhagam in Chennai.  he also said  “how many of you wish to stay as children of prostitutes? How many of you wish to remain untouchables? Only if we are vocal about these questions, it will become elemental in breaking Sanathana (dharma).”

Raja said claimed that the Supreme Court had ruled that if one is not a Christian, Muslim or Persian, then one has to be a Hindu. “Is there any other country meting out such cruelty?”

In January this year, while speaking a school function, Raja said “When we talk about education in India, it becomes a popular topic in today’s political environment. Credits should be given to the British for making education available to even the ordinary people, when it had been denied for 3,000 years. “Schools founded by Christian organisations continue to teach about our history. Christianity was the first religion in the world to accept that common people in this society should have access to education. ”

Naam Tamizhar Katchi leader Seeman extended his support to Udhayanidhi saying what he said was true and he was in total agreement with him.  He said Sanatana is a deadly virus. We have been fighting to destroy for years together unsuccessfully.  I agree with brother udhaya nidhi views on sana tana dharma”

 

Topics: A RajaUdhayanidhi StalinSanatan Dharma remark Row
ShareTweetSendShareSend
✮ Subscribe Organiser YouTube Channel. ✮
✮ Join Organiser's WhatsApp channel for Nationalist views beyond the news. ✮
Previous News

ASEAN Summit 2023: Bangladesh President urges world to take steps to tackle ‘Rohingya influx’

Next News

Sri Krishna Janmashtami: Bharat celebrates with fervour Bhagwan Krishna’s arrival

Related News

Tamil Nadu Dy CM Udayanidi Stalin - BJP Tamil Nadu Spokesperson ANS Prasad

BJP Tamil Nadu seeks action on Udhayanidhi Stalin for calling Sanskrit a “dead language”, citing constitutional breach

Srirangam temple activist Rangarajan Narasimhan

Srirangam temple activist Rangarajan arrested by Chennai cyber crime police for exposing Udhayanidhi Stalin

Tamil Nadu Deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin

Tamil Nadu: Deputy CM Udhyanidhi Stalin’s anti-Hindi rant sparks row, says “None can touch Tamils and Dravidam”

Karnataka Court grants conditional bail to TN Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin

Karnataka Court grants conditional bail to TN Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin for controversial Sanatana Dharma remark

L Murugan Interview | ‘Dravidian parties perpetuate their misrule & corruption through fake narratives’

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin along with other DMK leaders

Lok Sabha Polls 2024: DMK election tactics in Tamil Nadu questioned, its leaders accused of fueling separatist dialogue

Load More

Comments

The comments posted here/below/in the given space are not on behalf of Organiser. The person posting the comment will be in sole ownership of its responsibility. According to the central government's IT rules, obscene or offensive statement made against a person, religion, community or nation is a punishable offense, and legal action would be taken against people who indulge in such activities.

Latest News

Image for representational purpose only, Courtesy Vocal Media

Bihar to get ‘Special Economic Zones’ in Buxar and West Champaran

Thirupparankundram Karthigai Deepam utsav

Andhra Pradesh: AP Dy CM Pawan Kalyan reacts to Thirupparankundram row, flags concern over religious rights of Hindus

23rd India-Russia Annual Summit

India-Russia Summit heralds new chapter in time-tested ties: Inks MoUs in economic, defence, tourism & education

DGCA orders probe into IndiGo flight disruptions; Committee to report in 15 days

BJYM leader Shyamraj with Janaki

Kerala: Widow of BJP worker murdered in 1995 steps into electoral battle after three decades at Valancherry

Russian Sber bank has unveiled access to its retail investors to the Indian stock market by etching its mutual fund to Nifty50

Scripting economic bonhomie: Russian investors gain access to Indian stocks, Sber unveils Nifty50 pegged mutual funds

Petitioner S Vignesh Shishir speaking to the reporters about the Rahul Gandhi UK citizenship case outside the Raebareli court

Rahul Gandhi UK Citizenship Case: Congress supporters create ruckus in court; Foreign visit details shared with judge

(L) Kerala High Court (R) Bouncers in Trippoonithura temple

Kerala: HC slams CPM-controlled Kochi Devaswom Board for deploying bouncers for crowd management during festival

Fact Check: Rahul Gandhi false claim about govt blocking his meet with Russian President Putin exposed; MEA clears air

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari (Right)

India set for highway overhaul as Union Minister Nitin Gadkari unveils nationwide shift to MLFF electronic tolling

Load More
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Cookie Policy
  • Refund and Cancellation
  • Delivery and Shipping

© Bharat Prakashan (Delhi) Limited.
Tech-enabled by Ananthapuri Technologies

  • Home
  • Search Organiser
  • Bharat
    • Assam
    • Bihar
    • Chhattisgarh
    • Jharkhand
    • Maharashtra
    • View All States
  • World
    • Asia
    • Africa
    • North America
    • South America
    • Europe
    • Australia
  • Editorial
  • Operation Sindoor
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Defence
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Business
  • RSS @ 100
  • Entertainment
  • More ..
    • Sci & Tech
    • Vocal4Local
    • Special Report
    • Education
    • Employment
    • Books
    • Interviews
    • Travel
    • Health
    • Politics
    • Law
    • Economy
    • Obituary
  • Subscribe Magazine
  • Read Ecopy
  • Advertise
  • Circulation
  • Careers
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Policies & Terms
    • Privacy Policy
    • Cookie Policy
    • Refund and Cancellation
    • Terms of Use

© Bharat Prakashan (Delhi) Limited.
Tech-enabled by Ananthapuri Technologies