Tamil Nadu CM Stalin spoiling unity of India: BJP’s Narayanan Thirupathy on “Aryan” remark

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 19 (ANI): Tamil Nadu BJP Vice President Narayanan Thirupathy on Saturday slammed Chief Minister MK Stalin for his “Aryan” remarks against Governor RN Ravi.

Thirupathy also alleged that the Opposition INDIA alliance is spoiling the unity of the country.

“The unity of the country is being spoiled by the INDIA alliance, especially MK Stalin and his son. BR Ambedkar clearly said that there are no races like Aryan and Dravidian, it is all a myth. Dravidian is a landscape,” Thirupathy told ANI.

“These people have been trying to divide the country in the name of region, caste, religion, and landscape for the last 50-60 years,” he added.

Thirupathy’s reaction came after the war of words erupted between the Chief Minister and the Governor over the alleged imposition of Hindi and a row over the State anthem.

On Friday, Stalin condemned the distorted rendition of the State anthem, without the reference to the glory of “Dravida” land, at a DD Chennai function in which Governor RN Ravi participated.

Stalin blamed the Governor for the distorted rendition, alleging that it was the latter’s “deliberate disrespect” to Tamil Nadu and its people.

Stalin also wondered if Ravi was the “Governor” or an “Aryan”. Following these remarks, the Governor accused the Chief Minister of making racist remarks against him.

“Hon’ble Chief Minister Thiru.@mkstalin has issued a regrettable tweet this evening in which he made a racist remark against me and levelled false allegation of showing disrespect to Tamizh Thaai Vaazhthu… Making racist remark and alleging incorrect imputations against governor by the chief minister is unfortunately cheap and lowers the dignity of the high constitutional office of the chief minister,” the Governor said in a post from the X handle of Tamil Nadu Raj Bhavan.

MK Stalin said that Tamil language is the race and lifeblood of Dravidians, and said that if racism is the mother tongue of this land, then it is his pride.

“A few questions for the Hon’ble Governor, who has responded to my strong criticism for not singing the line ‘Dekkanamum Ittishita Dravidanal Tirunadum’ in Tamil at the closing ceremony of the Hindi Month celebration. Shouldn’t you, who say ‘I will sing Tamil greetings with full devotion’, immediately condemn them for not completing the song? the TN CM posted on X.

“You have said ‘It is unfortunately cheap for a Chief Minister to make racist comments against a Governor with false allegations’. Governor, Tamil is our race! It is our lifeblood! Tamils are the ones who gave their lives to save the Tamil language. It is the soil that laid the foundations of the First Constitutional Amendment and bears the history of the Indian anti-imposition struggle. If racism is the mother tongue of this land, it is our pride,” he added.

MK Stalin also alleged that the central government had not done enough for the development of the Tamil language.