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Why the BJP chose to attack the DMK as ‘anti-Hindu’ instead of calling it ‘pseudo-secular’
Why the BJP chose to attack the DMK as ‘anti-Hindu’ instead of calling it ‘pseudo-secular’
However, the BJP seems oblivious of the fact that the Dravidian party has managed to alter the discourse of religion and secularism in the Tamil public sphere. BJP leader Amit Shah at a rally in Villupuram, Tamil Nadu, on February 28. | @amitshah via Twitter
During the recent Tamil Nadu election campaign, the Bharatiya Janata Party tried hard to project the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam as an anti-Hindu political party.
The Hindutva party did so by targeting two aspects of the DMK politics. Firstly, the DMK’s ideological legacy of Periyar E V Ramasamy, particularly his crusade against Brahmanical hegemony. Secondly, its efforts to protect the rights and interests of the religious minorities in Tamil Nadu.