Overview
- Speaking in Dindigul on Wednesday, Chief Minister M. K. Stalin called Amit Shah’s claim that Hindus’ rights are being taken away in Tamil Nadu “completely false” and “unbecoming” of his office.
- Stalin asserted that his government respects all faiths and vowed that Hindus’ rights would not be curtailed while he is in office.
- Citing administrative actions, he said the DMK government has conducted Kumbabhishekam at around 4,000 temples and recovered over 7,000 acres of temple land.
- He also accused the AIADMK–BJP alliance of seeking to install a “proxy” BJP government in the state and invoked NDA electoral setbacks in recent contests.
- Shah’s earlier speech in Pudukottai alleged insults to Sanatan Dharma, restrictions on Hindu processions and idol immersions, and even an unannounced curfew during the Ayodhya Ram Temple bhoomi puja.