You can’t wipe out Sanatana; you’ll be wiped out if you try: Pawan’s dig at Udhayanidhi

Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan has described the Tirupati laddu adulteration issue as an attack on “Sanatana Dharma” for the past five years and attacked his Tamil Nadu counterpart Udhayanidhi Stalin over his remark last year comparing Sanatana to a virus.

You cannot wipe out Sanatana dharma

“Don’t say that Sanatana Dharma is like a virus and it would destroy. Whoever said this, let me tell you sir. You cannot wipe out Sanatana dharma. If anyone tries to wipe out Sanatana dharma, let me tell you from the feet of lord Balaji, you will be wiped out,” Pawan Kalyan said at a rally in Tirupati on Thursday (October 3).

Kalyan also stressed the need to bring in a legislation at the national level to protect Sanatana Dharma and establish Sanatana Dharma protection boards with adequate funds at national and state level. “I am an unapologetic Sanatani Hindu. Let me be very clear,” he said, vowing to safeguard it with his life.

Also read: Why Pawan Kalyan may gain the most from Tirupati laddu row

The Deputy CM further said Sanatana Dharma is going to stay here. “People like you [Udhayanidhi] might come and go, but Sanatana Dharma goes on forever. It will not stop. It is beyond that,” he said.

Laddu adulteration “just tip of iceberg”

Pawan Kalyan claimed the laddu adulteration issue was just the tip of the iceberg and many more decisions taken during the previous YSR Congress Party regime had to be investigated.

Addressing the rally, he said he was not blaming the YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy personally on the laddu adulteration, but the previous board of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), which was constituted during the previous regime.

Many more “charges” than laddu adulteration

A day before the Supreme Court is expected to hear the case on the allegation of using animal fat in making Tirupati laddu, Pawan Kalyan said he wanted to communicate to the judiciary that Jagan was facing several charges, including corruption allegations, and it has to consider that before giving a decision (in Laddu adulteration case).

Also read: Tirupati laddu row: On 11-day penance, Pawan Kalyan takes ‘Christian’ dig at ex-TTD chiefs

“Laddu prasadam adulteration is just the tip of the iceberg. We don’t know how many crores of rupees they had collected during the tenure of (last) five years that has to be investigated,” Pawan Kalyan said.

“Eminent people of this nation, let me tell you what exactly the previous government and the leader was. The previous chief minister is trying to act innocent,” he added.

Naidu’s allegation a fact: Pawan

On Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s allegation that the Tirupati laddu was made using adulterated ghee, the Deputy CM said the TDP chief was sharing with MLAS and MPs what exactly has happened, citing a “fact”.

Observing that Gods should be kept away from politics, the Supreme Court recently questioned Naidu’s public statement that animal fat was allegedly used in making Tirupati laddus under the previous YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led regime.

The apex court had said the laboratory test report was “not clear at all” and prima facie indicated that “rejected ghee” was subjected to test.

Pawan Kalyan, who embarked on a three-day visit of Tirumala as part of his 11-day penance to propitiate Lord Venkateswara over the alleged adulteration of Tirupati laddus, offered prayers at the Tirumala temple on Wednesday.

(With agency inputs)