Pained by the hate speech made by the Tamil Nadu Sports and Youth Affairs Minister and son of the chief minister Udayanidhi Stalin, 262 prominent personalities of the country sent a letter to the Chief Justice of India.
The letter reads: “Since the state government has refused to take action and acted in contempt of the court’s order and gravely undermined or rather made a mockery of the rule of law, we urged the Hon’ble Supreme Court to take suo moto notice of contempt.” They also requested the court for “ensuring accountability for the inaction of the State government of Tamil Nadu, and take decisive steps to prevent the inducement of hate speech, preserving public order and peace.”
The signatories — the letter was signed by 14 former judges, 130 bureaucrats (Including 20 ambassadors) and 180 veteran Army officers — requested the CJI to ‘take Immediate appropriate actions to “ensure justice and rule of law to prevail”.
It is pertinent to note that the Tamil Nadu Minister Udayanidhi Stalin has said in his speech that “few things cannot be opposed, they should be abolished. We can’t oppose dengue, malaria, or corona, we have to eradicate them. In the same way, we have to eradicate the Sanatana (Sanatan Dharma), rather than oppose it.” He further remarked deliberately that “Sanatana Dharma enslaved women and did not allow them to step out of their homes.”
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