Deepam Row: RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat Says ‘Hindu Strength’ Will Resolve Issue; Tejasvi Surya Slams DMK

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In this Special Report, the escalating conflict over the Karthigai Deepam celebrations at Tiruparankundram in Tamil Nadu takes centre stage. RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat has weighed in on the controversy, asserting that the issue ‘can be resolved here only, on basis of the Hindus' strength in Tamil Nadu only’. The dispute, involving a court order to light a lamp near a dargah, has triggered a political firestorm. BJP MP Tejasvi Surya condemned the DMK government’s move to impeach Justice G.R. Swaminathan, terming it an ‘attack on the impartiality of the judges’ and an attempt to ‘weaponize impeachment’. The programme details the judicial and ideological standoff ahead of the assembly polls.

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00:00Our top story here on Super 6, the lamp lighting ceremony,

00:04Kartikai Deepam celebrations in Tamil Nadu has spiraled into one of the most heated controversies in the state

00:09and we're just months to go for the election.

00:12Now the showdown over the Tiruparang Kundram lighting of the Deepam

00:16has drawn sharp political, judicial and ideological reactions from parliament to now the RSS headquarters.

00:22RSS chief Moham Bhagwat has also stepped in, having in fact an opinion on this.

00:28He has said that the Hindus of the state will decide on this issue, will decide which way this goes.

00:38A lamp lit at a temple adjoining a darga in Tamil Nadu after massive showdown

00:43and the judge who allowed the lighting of Deepam under political fire.

00:48A mid-political slugfest over Kartikai Deepam on the stone pillar at Tiruparang Kundram temple,

00:54the Rashtia Svamsevak Sangh has waded into the controversy.

01:00RSS chief Moham Bhagwat has asserted that Tiruparang Kundram issue in Tamil Nadu

01:05can be resolved in the state itself on the basis of the Hindus' strength.

01:10He also said that Hindus in Tamil Nadu are awakening.

01:14I think the issue can be resolved here only, on basis of the Hindus' strength in Tamil Nadu only.

01:25We will not need to escalate it.

01:30But one thing is paka, that issue will be resolved favourably for Hindus.

01:37That is definite.

01:38Whatever it takes for that, we will do.

01:40I rise to condemn the unconstitutional...

01:44BJP MP Tejasvi Surya has also raised the Tamil Nadu Deepam Rao in Parliament today.

01:49This is an attack against the judiciary of the country.

01:54It is an attack on the impartiality of the judges.

01:58The DMK government, supported by the India Alliance and the Congress,

02:02is trying to weaponise impeachment as a method to silence the judiciary.

02:09This not only shows their anti-Hindu sentiments,

02:13but it also displays their contempt for the independence of the judiciary.

02:20Earlier, Home Minister Shah came down heavily on DMK over the impeachment motion

02:25against Justice Jiyaswaminathan,

02:27asking if targeting the judge is okay after losing a case.

02:31The opposition has upped the ante against BJP over the issue.

02:53See, we have given impeachment notice based on 13 charges against Justice Jiyaswaminathan,

03:01signed by 107 MPs of Lok Sabha.

03:04And these 13 charges against him are not new.

03:08It is not related to anything of the recent happening like Tirpurangondam

03:11or any other temple or any other issue.

03:13DMK has been pushing for impeachment of the Deepam case judge,

03:37saying his verdict was biased.

03:39With Assembly post due next year,

03:42it looks like the Temple versus Dargav war will continue to escalate.

03:47With Pramod Madhav, Beru Report, India Today.

Deepam Row: RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat Says ‘Hindu Strength’ Will Resolve Issue; Tejasvi Surya Slams DMK

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