After dengue, malaria, DMK leader A Raja says Sanatan Dharma 'like HIV, leprosy'

While protesting against the central government’s Vishwakarma Yojana in Chennai, Raja said that Udhyanaidhi's perspective on 'Sanatana Dharma' was relatively mild. "Sanatana and Vishwakarma schemes are not different. Udhayanidhi gently said that Santana Dharma should be eliminated like malaria and dengue," ANI quoted him as saying.

"But these diseases don't have a social stigma. To be honest, leprosy was seen as disgusting and so was HIV. So, we need to see this as diseases ridden with social plights like HIV and leprosy," the DMK MP further said.

The controversial comments sparked a huge controversy with BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya saying that this is unadulterated hate speech, targeting 80% of Bharat’s population, who follow Sanatana Dharma.