BJP MP Anurag Thakur on Thursday slammed the DMK government in Tamil Nadu over the Madurai Karthigai Deepam row, calling the state a “symbol of anti-Sanatan Dharma.”

Speaking during Zero Hour in Lok Sabha, Anurag Thakur alleged a lathi-charge by the DMK government against the devotees protesting to light the lamp atop the hill.

He said, “I want to raise a very important issue where one state in India has become a symbol of anti-Sanatan Dharma. Their ministers are making statements against Sanatan Dharma. They opposed when the Prime Minister performed the Pran Pratishtha of Lord Ram in Ayodhya. People were forced to approach the court to reach the temple.”

“The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court came down strongly on the Tamil Nadu government, accusing officials of deliberately ignor

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