The BJP has lashed out at Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin for calling Sanskrit a “dead language”. The saffron party claimed that the DMK leader has become a symbol of “anarchy and division” by “repeatedly insulting Hindus”.

Udhayanidhi, while addressing a book launch event in Chennai on Friday (November 21), criticised the Union government over allocating a Rs 150-crore fund for the development of Tamil language, pointing out that, in contrast, Sanskrit, “a dead language”, was getting Rs 2,400 crore.

‘Synonymous with anarchy’

Reacting sharply, BJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said on Saturday that Udhayanidhi was “known for his hatred” of Hindus. The DMK leader had earlier hurt the sentiments of Hindus by comparing the "tolerant Hindu religion" with dengue and

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