The Organiser reports that the DMK has started anti-brahmin propaganda in Tamil Nadu yet again. “M. Karunanidhi has been its sole revivalist, whipping the dead horse as and when he does not find suitable rejoinder to any valid accusation. When the AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa — his arch rival — compared him with Ravana, the demon king recently, Karunanidhi could find recourse in his pet theory of ‘Aryan-Dravidian,’ which has been disproved by expert anthropologists,” the report alleges.

It goes on to say, “One of the important resolutions passed by the working committee of DMK at its meeting held on February 16 under the presidentship of Shri M. Karunanidhi urged the people of Tamil Nadu to literally ‘drive out’ from Tamil soil, three per cent of the population. The resolution reminds the people of Tamil Nadu that they are 97 per cent of the total population whereas their traditional enemies are just three per cent.”

It further states, “Since the 1920s, the Dravidian movement has been spearheading a hate campaign against brahmins branding them intruders from the Khyber and Bolan passes into Tamil Nadu, corrupting the chaste Tamil culture and tradition. It may look ridiculous at the very first glance, fit to be thrown into the dustbin without a second look, but strangely, EVR and his Dravidar Kazagam party could sell this concept to the gullible illiterate and semi literate people of Tamil Nadu... This despite the fact that brahmins of Tamil Nadu consider Tamil as their mother tongue and speak only Tamil at their homes. Apart from this, several of them have made significant contributions for the development of the language and culture.”

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