Chennai, Dec 5, 2025

In a strongly worded statement, Tamil Nadu BJP spokesperson A.N.S. Prasad has launched a scathing attack on the M.K. Stalin-led DMK government, alleging that it is engaged in a “systematic, ideologically driven assault on Hindu religious rights” following the controversy surrounding the lighting of the traditional Karthigai Deepam at the Thiruparankundram hilltop.

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court had twice directed that the centuries-old Deepam ceremony be allowed on the sacred hill above the Thiruparankundram Arulmigu Subramaniya Swamy Temple.

The BJP alleges that the temple administration and the Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department, acting under the state government, deliberately refused to comply and instead filed appeals that wer

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