Tamil Nadu’s ruling party DMK on Wednesday held a protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks that the missing treasure room keys of Puri Jagannath Temple had reached Tamil Nadu.
The DMK cadres condemned the remarks and tore posters of the Prime Minister.
PM Modi, at an election rally in Odisha’s Angul, stated that the "missing" keys of the Jagannath Temple's Ratna Bhandar (treasure trove) were sent to Tamil Nadu six years ago. His remarks were directed towards Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's close aide VK Pandian, who is from Tamil Nadu.
Earlier, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin also condemned the speech and said that PM Modi has depicted Tamizhar as robbers of Puri Jagannath temple treasure.
“Is it fair for a Prime Minister to vilify Tamizhar in the North and create enmity between States? Prime Minister should stop behaving in such manner for the sake of votes forgetting the dignity of the post he holds,” Stalin tweeted on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, BJP state president K Annamalai accused the Chief Minister of talking about matters without understanding the context.
He stated that VK Pandian, a Tamilian, was calling shots in Odisha, and the PM was referring to him.
“The problem in Odisha is that CM Naveen Patnaik, who has been ruling for the past 25 years, has VK Pandian as his Private Secretary, a Tamilian for the past 12 years â€æ No one is allowed to Naveen Patnaik and only VK Pandian. Naveen Patnaik only speaks what VK Pandian speaks. The politics of Odisha is under question whether someone who does not belong to Odisha should be the decision-maker,” the BJP chief said.
Annamalai further claimed that PM only tried to say that the keys to the treasure room of Puri Jagannath temple went missing and a committee which was under the control of VK Pandian was made to find it and that when BJP comes to power, they shall definitely be acquired.
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