Stalin, the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, claimed that the BJP was spreading falsehoods in order to draw attention away from the convention of the DMK youth wing.
In the midst of a scuffle between the ruling DMK and BJP over alleged restrictions on live broadcasting of the Ayodhya consecration ceremony, Chief Minister MK Stalin claimed that prominent saffron party leaders were behaving like “WhatsApp university” and disseminating rumours.
Stalin stated in a statement that the BJP was spreading falsehoods in order to draw attention away from the convention of the DMK youth wing. The BJP has claimed that the DMK government is preventing live broadcasts of the Ayodhya Ram Mandir inauguration, special poojas, and annadanams.
“BJP’s elite internet users are propagating falsehoods and acting like WhatsApp University. Stalin stated in the statement, “The rumours are an attempt to deflect attention from the second DMK Youth Wing Conference.
The verbal sparring began when Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman asserted earlier in the day that state police were removing LED screens that had been put up for the pran pratishtha ceremony’s live telecast at Tamil Nadu’s Kamakshi Amman Temple.
K Annamalai, the president of the BJP in the state, had also asserted that Superintendents of Police had received verbal orders to stop these kinds of incidents.
According to Sitharaman, PM Narendra Modi was being hated by the “anti-Hindu DMK” and they were abusing the police.
“Outside the well-known, privately owned Kamakshi Kovil, where bhajans have begun at eight in the morning, plainclothed police officers are taking down LED screens. Witnessing PM Modi perform prana pratishtha in a privately owned temple is a grave violation of our right to worship, according to Sitharaman.
“The Tamil Nadu DMK government utterly fails to uphold the rights of its constituents. The Union Finance Minister tweeted, “Anti-Hindu DMK now bares its hatred for PM Narendra Modi with police force and suppresses people’s aspirations.”
CM Stalin responded by claiming that Sitharaman had concealed the fact that the event’s organisers had obtained official clearance and written assurances that no LED screens would be utilised.
The leader of the DMK also stated that the Supreme Court had issued a warning against rumours spreading when it heard a petition in the case.
The Tamil Nadu government was instructed by the Supreme Court on Monday to grant petitions for telecasts of the Lord Ram idol’s consecration ceremony in Ayodhya.
The Tamil Nadu government countered that the appeal was “politically motivated” and that there were no such limitations or prohibitions on live telecasts or puja performances.