Demonstration calling for protection of Brahmins a attempt to malign DMK govt: A. Raja
The HinduStrongly reacting to a recent demonstration in Chennai, which called for protection of the Brahmin community, DMK deputy general secretary A. Raja on Tuesday said that not even a minor incident of violence had been reported against Brahmins in Tamil Nadu during the past four years. Ramasamy and M. Karunanidhi in a derogatory manner and were “planning to malign the image of the DMK government in the guise of calling for protection of Brahmins.” Pointing to the social strata that existed both in the north and south of Indian peninsula since ancient times, Mr. Raja contended that there was discrimination in the name of manu dharma. By her remarks, she had “attempted to project Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in bad light”, Mr. Raja alleged. “To project Brahmins as people above others, she had painted the oppressed sections as those from the criminal background.” Calling out some of the actor’s reported remarks, Mr. Raja said it was not to be accepted to portray women and officers from other communities in a derogatory manner.