Tirunelveli/Tamil Nadu: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has alleged that the BJP hates the very concept of secularism and that it is desperate to have it removed from the Constitution, PTI reported.
"As far as the BJP at the Centre is concerned, the very word secularism is bitter for them like the neem fruit. They are desperate to remove it from the Constitution itself."
“They aim to destroy the nation's diversity and create an authoritarian future of one religion, one language, one culture, one election, one party, and one leader. They are trying to implement their plan in Tamil Nadu as well, but the DMK and the state have the strength to oppose and scuttle the BJP's "nefarious designs", he said.
"Many are thinking about disturbing peace in Tamil Nadu; they think of dividing the people living in harmony and turning them into enemies," he alleged.
“However, Tamil Nadu has realised that the path some organisations intend to lead people in the name of spirituality is the path towards violence. A sense of brotherhood and the power of rationality are what Tamil Nadu stands for,” he said.
"Our Dravidian model regime is being run as a testament to the vision of Jesus, who said that everyone should have everything they need." The union government poses a threat to minority communities.
"That is why, when they brought the Citizenship Amendment Act, we strongly opposed it and staged protests. However, the AIADMK supported it."
Presiding over a Christmas event here on Saturday, Stalin hailed the yeoman services of Sarah Tucker, a Christian missionary of the early 19th century, in facilitating education to women of Tirunelveli in southern Tamil Nadu.
"It is the institutions like Sarah Tucker College that serve as the foundation for a large number of women getting educated in southern Tamil Nadu," the CM said.