Malviya shared the speech made by A Raja in Madurai, which stated, ‘India is not a nation. Understand this well. India is never a nation. One nation means one language, one tradition, and one culture. Then only it is one nation. India is not a nation but a subcontinent. What’s the reason? Here, Tamil is one nation and one country. Malayalam is one language, one nation, and one country. Oriya is a nation, a language, and a country. All these nations make up India. So, India is not country it is a subcontinent. There are so many traditions and cultures. If you come to Tamil Nadu, there’s a culture. In Kerala, there’s another culture. In Delhi, there’s another culture. In Oriya, there’s another culture. Why in Manipur, as RS Bharathi said, they eat dog meat. Yes, it is true, they eat. That’s a culture. There’s nothing wrong. It’s all in our mind.’
Malviya also posted, ‘From the water tank, water comes to the kitchen. We will use the water in the kitchen. Same water from the water tank comes in the toilet, but we won’t use it from there. What’s the reason? We’re having a problem psychologically. Water is the same, but there’s a difference from where it comes. We acknowledge both. That’s the toilet and this is the kitchen. Similarly, in Kashmir, there’s a culture. Acknowledge it. In Manipur, people eat dog meat, and acknowledge it. If a community eats beef, what is your problem? Did they ask you to eat? So, unity in diversity. We’ve differences. Acknowledge it.’
A Raja also expressed his disagreement with the ideology of the BJP, stating, ‘If you say it’s this God, this is Jai Sri Ram, this is Bharat mata ki jai, then we and Tamil Nadu will never accept Bharat Matha and Jai Shriram…I don’t believe in Ramayanam but as per the story, this is Kamba Ramayanam. 4 brothers accepted Kuravar, Vetuvar, accepted the monkey as a brother. That is what Ramayan is about, which is good for the wellness of humanity. But what you (BJP) say is bad.’ This comes as Supreme Court questioned Tamil Nadu Sports Minister and DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin yesterday regarding his remarks calling for the eradication of ‘Sanatana Dharma’, stating that he is ‘not a layman but a minister’. The bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta told Stalin’s lawyer that the minister should have known the consequences of his remarks. Udhayanidhi Stalin compared ‘Sanatana Dharma’ to diseases like ‘malaria’ and ‘dengue’, arguing for its elimination due to its association with the caste system and historical discrimination.