Ruling AIADMK Condemns DMK Chief Stalin For Describing Hindu Marriage Rituals As ‘Obscene’, Wonders Why Hindu Beliefs Alone Are Derided

Tamil Nadu’s ruling party AIADMK has strongly condemned DMK president M K Stalin Tuesday for attempting to divide people on religious lines after a two-year-old video clip of the DMK chief surfaced on social media were he is seen launching a vituperative tirade against traditional Hindu marriage ceremonies that feature Vedic chanting, PTI reported.

The part of the video that most people found objectionable was the one were Stalin repeats a palpably false propaganda that the mantras are full of obscenity. "If you take the priest aside and inquire, he will reveal the meaning and you will find that they are unimaginably obscene.” Stalin is heard telling the marriage attendees.

AIADMK’s mouthpiece Namadhu Puratchi Thalaivi Amma, in a write-up titled Arrogant Speech, alongside a caricature of Stalin, wondered why Hindu beliefs should be derided. The ruling party said such “derision” stemmed from a “miscalculation that minority community people will vote for them and it is an attempt to divide people on religious lines”.

Quoting verses of renowned Tamil poet and freedom fighter ‘Namakkal Kavignar’ V Ramalingam Pillai that thoughtless barbs will only harbour hate, the AIADMK advocated vigil against it.