Amid row over DMK MP’s “gaumutra states” comment, BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur on Sunday lashed out at DNV Senthilkumar stating that he “insulted the Hindi-speaking area and ‘Gaumata’,” information company ANI reported. However, Acharya Pramod Krishnam hits out at DMK by statinng: “Yeh sab Raavan ke khandaan ke log hai” (They’re from Raavan’s household).
Talking with reporters, she said: “We’re proud that we’re worshippers of ‘Gaumata’. ‘Gaumata’ was already worshipped in Madhya Pradesh. In Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, the BJP has come into energy to have the ability to shield the cows.”
The BJP MP additional claimed that “Gaumutra” or “cow urine” is drugs. She said: “Illnesses just like the Psoriasis will be cured with it.”
Calling DMK MP’s comment an insult to “Sanatana Dharma,” Sadhvi Pragya said: There are cow shelters in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka too. The nation won’t tolerate the insult to the symbols of ‘Sanatana Dharma’.”
#WATCH | Delhi: On ‘Gaumutra’ comment by DMK MP DNV Senthilkumar S, BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur says, “We’re proud that we’re worshippers of ‘Gaumata’. ‘Gaumata’ was already worshipped in Madhya Pradesh. In Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, the BJP has come into energy to find a way… pic.twitter.com/gJFotPT1RQ
— ANI (@ANI) December 5, 2023
On Tuesday, a DMK Lok Sabha member sparked outrage by referring to Hindi heartland areas as “gaumutra states” and asserting that the BJP can solely win elections in these states, not in southern India.
Throughout a debate within the Decrease Home on two payments associated to Jammu and Kashmir, DNV Senthilkumar said that individuals on this nation ought to really feel that the BJP’s affect is restricted to successful elections “within the heartland states of Hindi and what we usually known as gaumutra states.” The statements got here after some referred to the current meeting election outcomes as a ‘North-South divide’ after the BJP beat the Congress in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh, whereas the Congress prevailed in Telangana.
On ‘Gaumutra’ comment by DMK MP DNV Senthilkumar S, Acharya Pramod Krishnam stated: “If DMK leaders proceed to behave like this and maintain speaking like this towards Sanatan Dharma, then BJP’s flag shall be hoisted not solely in ‘Gaumutra’ states but additionally in states with ‘saand’.”
#WATCH | On ‘Gaumutra’ comment by DMK MP DNV Senthilkumar S, Acharya Pramod Krishnam says, “If DMK leaders proceed to behave like this and maintain speaking like this towards Sanatan Dharma, then BJP’s flag shall be hoisted not solely in ‘Gaumutra’ states but additionally in states with… pic.twitter.com/rNTO8oXz6h
— ANI (@ANI) December 5, 2023
Addressing Lok Sabha, Senthilkumar stated: “You (BJP) can not come to South India. You see all the outcomes of what occurs in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka … we’re very robust over there.”
He additional stated: “We won’t be shocked when you have an choice of changing all these states into Union territories so to come into oblique energy as a result of you possibly can by no means dream of setting foot over there and taking management of all of the southern states.”