A case has been registered in opposition to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief Udhyanidhi Stalin on Monday over his controversial remarks on Sanatan Dharma in Bihar’s Arrah district. 

The case has been registered underneath Part 298 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) in Arrah district of Bihar.  The Chief Judicial Justice of the Peace court docket has summoned Stalin over and sked him to seem earlier than the court docket on April 1. 

Talking at a convention in September 2023, Udhayanidhi Stalin had stated Sanatana dharma is in opposition to social justice and equality and ought to be “eradicated’. Likening Sanatana dharma to coronavirus, malaria and dengue, he stated it ought to be destroyed.

Earlier, the Supreme Courtroom rebuked Tamil Nadu Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin over his ‘eradicate Sanatan dharma’ comment and requested why he has moved the court docket together with his plea for clubbing collectively the FIRs filed in opposition to him after abusing his proper to freedom of speech and expression.

On September 22 final yr, the apex court docket had agreed to listen to a plea by Chennai-based lawyer B Jagannath in search of registration of an FIR in opposition to Stalin and others who backed him, llikening his feedback to hate speech.

In his plea, Jagannath has sought path to the Tamil Nadu police chief to instantly register a First Data Report (FIR) in opposition to the organisers of the conclave and people who allegedly made “hate speeches” there together with ministers Udhayanidhi Stalin, PK Sekar Babu and others.

The petitioner has additionally urged the court docket to declare as unconstitutional the participation of state ministers within the occasion titled ‘Sanatana Dharma Eradication’ convention in Chennai on September 2, 2023.

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