As per report a controversy was sparked by DMK mp DNV senthilkumar at the lok sabha on tuesday after he described the hindi heartland states as ”gaumutra states.” He further said that the bjp can win elections only there and not in south India. When taking to X, tamil Nadu state bjp chief K annamalai condemned the ”insensitive” remarks of the mp and said that the level of the party’s discourse is ”sinking” like chennai and the ”arrogance” of DMK will be the prime reason for its downfall.
While participating in a debate in the Lower house on two bills related to Jammu and Kashmir, D N v senthilkumar said people of this country should think that the power of the bjp is only winning elections “in the heartland states of hindi and what we generally called as gaumutra states”. Following his remark, bjp leaders took a dig at the DMK and asked congress leader rahul gandhi if he agreed with the insulting remarks of its india bloc partner against the north Indians.
During the elections, the row over some DMK leaders’ remarks against Sanatan dharma had been latched on by the bjp to target the Congress. Earlier this year, congress had wrested karnataka from the bjp, while other southern states are ruled by non-BJP parties including tamil Nadu where congress ally DMK is in power. Speaking in lok sabha, senthilkumar said, ”You (BJP) cannot come to South India. You see all the results of what happens in Kerala, tamil Nadu, Telangana, andhra pradesh and karnataka … we are very strong over there.” He went on to say, ”We will not be surprised if you have an option of converting all these states into Union territories so that you can come into indirect power because you can never dream of setting foot over there and taking control of all the southern states.”
Congress leader Pratap Singh Khachariyawas also reacted to the incident saying, “This is a very serious matter. Now the time has come that the police should immediately encounter such criminals…The government should take immediate action against the officers from whom Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi had sought security.”
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