After DMK minister Udhayanidhi Stalin made comments about Sanatana Dharma, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) compared the DMK leader to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.
The BJP claimed that the leader’s comment was “unadulterated hate speech” and claimed that it was a call for the “genocide” of the 80 percent of the country that adheres to Sanatana Dharma. The BJP was subtly criticizing the son of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin.
“There is eerie similarity between how Hitler characterised the Jews and how Udhayanidhi Stalin described Sanatan Dharma. Like Hitler, Stalin Jr also demanded, that Sanatan Dharma be eradicated… We know how Nazi hate culminated in Holocaust, killing approx 6 million European Jews and at least another 5 million Soviet prisoners of war and other victims,” the party posted on its official account on ‘X’.
Further, hitting out at the newly formed opposition bloc, the party said that Congress and INDIA coalition support for ‘Stalin’s bile is most disconcerting’.
“Uday Stalin’s meditated comment is unadulterated hate speech and a call for genocide of 80% population of Bharat, who follow Sanatan Dharma. Congress and I.N.D.I. Alliance support for Stalin’s bile is most disconcerting,” the BJP added in its post.
On September 2, Udhayanidhi Stalin called for the “eradication” of the Sanatan Dharma and compared it to illnesses like dengue and malaria, drawing harsh rebuke from BJP leaders. However, Udhayanidhi Stalin later claimed that the BJP had “twisted” his words and spread false information, adding that he was prepared to face any legal action brought against him.