: Will the BJP’s Hindutva push unseat the dominance of the Dravidian parties in Tamil Nadu? #IndiaNEWS Since the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam came to power in Tamil Nadu in May 2021, the Bharatiya Janata

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Will the BJP’s Hindutva push unseat the dominance of the Dravidian parties in Tamil Nadu? #IndiaNEWS
Since the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam came to power in Tamil Nadu in May 2021, the Bharatiya Janata Party has been aggressively pushing its Hindutva agenda in the state.The state government’s weakness in handling this politicisation of religion is being taken advantage of by the BJP.A series of incidents seem to indicate that the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is succumbing to the pressures of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and other Hindu nationalist organisations.For instance, a biryani festival scheduled for mid-May in Thirupathur district ran into controversy over the sale of beef and pork at the event and was called off.Days earlier, the state government on May 8 made a U-turn on the ban on the Dharmapuram Math’s pattina pravesam, a tradition of devotees carrying the seer in a palanquin. The event was held amid tight security on May 22.In January, the BJP had immediately intervened in the death by suicide of a 17-year-old girl in Thanjavur district and alleged that she had been tortured because she refused to convert to Christianity. The Central Bureau of Investigation is currently inquiring into the matter.Straightforward HindutvaIn the North Indian states, the expansion and growth of the BJP and its ideological fountainhead the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh can be attributed to the agitational politics against the then Congress regime and...Read more

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