Udhayanidhi Stalin

"I was attending a conference (in Chennai) and spoke only for three minutes. All that I said was that everyone should be treated equally and not be discriminated against, and, that any attempts at discrimination must be eradicated. But they (BJP) twisted my comment, magnified it and made the whole country talk about me," the DMK leader said.

Udhayanidhi Stalin objects to crowd chanting Jai Shri Ram during India-Pakistan World Cup match in Ahmedabad

Earlier in June 2020, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) served a legal notice to Abhijit Majumder for criticising the grand-old party.

upreme Court refused to issue notice for an FIR against Udhayanidhi Stalin and others in response to a fresh plea on eradicate sanatana dharma comment

Significantly, this development comes a week after several saints organised a Dharma Sansad to protest remarks against Sanatan Dharma in Ayodhya on 18th September.

Kamal Hassan said, "Today, a young child is being targeted because he has spoken about Sanatan Dharma. Several leaders of the Dravidian movement like Udhayanidhi's grandfather and late DMK leader M Karunanidhi have also spoken about it in the past."

Despite its initial reluctance to hear the petition, the SC eventually agreed to issue notice to the TN Govt and the DMK Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin for his anti-Sanatan remark

DMK leader TR Baalu said that Stalin Jr. should be cautious with his word and not speak anything that comes to his mind.

The Dharma Sansad argued that either these leaders should be booked under NSA or they should be asked to apologise for making hate speeches.

Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said that his party is unwilling to be drawn into any controversy surrounding Sanatana Dharma