DMK Slams BJP Tamil Nadu Chief Over Its Leader's Temple Demolition Speech
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The DMK has called the former IPS officer "cut and paste Annamalai".
The ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu has slammed BJP's state chief K Annamalai for tweeting a short video clip of its leader TR Baalu's speech on temple demolition, accusing it of selectively cutting out a part of his longer speech to make him sound like he took pride in demolishing temples. While in the portion that Mr Annamalai shared, Mr Baalu appears to brag about temple demolition in his constituency, the complete speech shows him explaining his model -- how as union minister he had rebuilt temples, that were demolished for highway projects, after convincing devotees. The DMK has called the former IPS officer "cut and paste Annamalai". DMK men take pride in demolishing 100-year-old Hindu temples.The very reason we want the HR&CE dissolved and want the temple freed from the clutches of government. pic.twitter.com/c4AQTaRkPN
"I've demolished a 100-year-old temple, this same TR Baalu in one place at my constituency demolished Saraswati, Lakshmi, and Parvati temples on the GST road. I know this won't fetch votes. But I also know how to get votes," Mr Baalu could be heard saying in the clip tweeted by the BJP leader.
However, the longer speech, which could be found on YouTube, showed him explaining how he built bigger temples for devotees as there was no way to avoid demolitions for the infrastructure project.
