Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said several attacks in the past on the Sanatan Dharma failed to inflict any damage on it, and it will not be harmed today also by any power hungry ‘parasitic creatures’.
His statement comes amid a controversy that started after the DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin allegedly made anti-Sanatan Dharma remarks.
“The Sanatan that Ravana’s arrogance failed to erase, the Sanatan that Kansa’s roar failed to shake, and the Sanatan that Babur and Aurangzeb’s atrocities could not annihilate, will that Sanatan be erased by these petty power hungry parasitic creatures,” Adityanath said in a four-line verse in an X post in which he also shared a video of his statement.
जो सनातन नहीं मिटा था रावण के अहंकार से…
जो सनातन नहीं डिगा था कंस की हुंकार से…
जो सनातन नहीं मिटा था बाबर और औरंगजेब के अत्याचार से…
वह सनातन इन तुच्छ सत्ता परजीवी जीवों से क्या मिट पाएगा! pic.twitter.com/2zsdsuoFwb— Yogi Adityanath (मोदी का परिवार) (@myogiadityanath) September 7, 2023
He was speaking at a cultural programme at the Police Lines on the occasion of Janmashtami.
In his remarks, Stalin had allegedly said the Sanatan Dharma is against equality and social justice, Purportedly likening it to coronavirus and malaria, he had said such things should not be opposed but destroyed.