India
‘DMK doesn’t support building temple at place where mosque was demolished’
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Sports Development and Youth Welfare Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin has said that his party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) does not support building of a temple in the place where a mosque was demolished.
His reference was to the ‘Pran Pratishta‘ programme of Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Ayodhya by Hindutva RSS/BJP/ VHP and Bajrang Dal outfits on January 22.
Talking to reporters in Chennai city, Udayanidhi Stalin, who is also the son of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said that his DMK party does not mix religion with politics.
The DMK was not against construction of temples but that should not be conducted at a place where a mosque was demolished, he maintained.