On Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi elaborated on the controversy surrounding the Sanatana Dharma comment made by Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin of Tamil Nadu. In his speech to a sizable crowd in Bina, Madhya Pradesh, Prime Minister Modi claimed that the INDIA alliance has a “hidden agenda” to undermine and eradicate Sanatana Dharma culture.
PM Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack on the opposition coalition, the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), referring to it as a “INDI alliance” that “does not have a leader.”
“At a time when Bharat is emerging as a world leader at global forums, some parties are trying to divide the country and its people. These people came together to form an ‘INDI’ alliance. Some people are calling it a ‘ghamndiya (arrogant) alliance’. They don’t have a leader yet and there is a lot of suspense on who would lead them going into the Lok Sabha elections next year. They are working with a hidden agenda, which is to attack India’s culture,” PM Modi said.
PM Modi also alleged that in its third meeting, the Opposition bloc adopted a resolution to “end the Sanatana culture” in the country.
The prime minister said, “This INDI-Alliance adopted a resolution to end our ‘Sanatana’ culture. They are bent on destroying the ideologies, cultures and traditions that have kept the country and our people together for centuries.”
A few days prior to PM Modi’s criticism of the opposition, Udhayanidhi Stalin, the son of CM MK Stalin, had declared that Sanatana Dharma is incompatible with the idea of social justice and should be “eliminated.” According to Udhayanidhi Stalin, “Sanatana is like malaria and dengue, so it must be eradicated and not opposed.”
After laying the groundwork for multiple projects totaling more than 50,700 crores, including the ‘Petrochemical Complex’ at Bina Refinery and ten major industrial projects around Madhya Pradesh, PM Modi addressed the gathering.
He laid the cornerstone for 10 projects, including a ‘Power and Renewable Energy Manufacturing Zone’ in the Narmadapuram district, two IT parks in Indore, a Mega Industrial Park in Ratlam, and six new industrial regions across the state.
