Hindu Munnani ‘insulting’ Periyar, Anna: AIADMK says it condemns
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Chennai: The AIADMK on Tuesday strongly condemned a Hindu Munnani video clip that allegedly showed Dravidian stalwarts 'Periyar' EV Ramasamy and CN Annadurai in poor light at the Lord Murugan devotees conference held in Madurai recently, PTI reported.
Former Minister and senior party leader R B Udhayakumar said AIADMK had always questioned and fought defamation or insult to Dravidian icons 'Periyar' and Annadurai.
The insult may have originated from any place, but his party always opposes such criticism with courage and determination, he said and strongly condemned the video clip that allegedly depicted the Dravidian stalwarts in poor light.
Udhayakumar said he and others from his party took part in the event as devotees of Lord Muruga on the basis of an invitation from the Hindu Munnani.
Allegedly, at the June 22 conference, the Hindu outfit, in its audio-visual presentation, had purportedly shown DMK founder Annadurai, reformist leader 'Periyar' Ramasamy and late DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi on the side of 'Adharma.' The clip also claimed that Hindu Munnani was committed to protecting 'Dharma.'
"The AIADMK has nothing to do with the resolutions passed in the meeting," Udhayakumar further said.
Creating a Hindu vote bank was one of the resolutions passed at the conference. The opposition MLA said that on the day of the event, at the venue, they did not have the opportunity to see the audio-visual presentation due to the seating arrangements.
Continuing his party's tirade against archrival AIADMK on this issue, DMK leader R S Bharathi slammed the Edappadi Palaniswami-led party for being "spectators to the insult" and said people and the entire state was incensed due to the affront to the Dravidian icons.
The state has no history of insulting such icons to gain any political foothold in the state. Not only his party but also those with self-respect oppose and condemn it, the DMK leader said.
The Munnani's tagline, for decades is "Dharmam kaakka, adharmam agatra," (to protect Dharma, to remove adharma). The promotional video clip also hailed Hindu Munnani as a "lion" that hunted down fake Dravidianism.