‘Walk for Equality’ a call for unity against divisive forces: Vaiko

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MDMK person  Vaiko addressing a nationalist   gathering  aft  concluding his locomotion  for equality successful  Madurai connected  Monday.

MDMK person Vaiko addressing a nationalist gathering aft concluding his locomotion for equality successful Madurai connected Monday. | Photo Credit: G. Moorthy

“Walk for Equality was aimed astatine creating a question to crush the forces attempting to disagreement the radical on spiritual line, said Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) person Vaiko.

Concluding his 140-kilometre ‘Samathuva nadai payanam’ from Tiruchi to Madurai connected Monday, Mr. Vaiko said, “The Hindutva forces are actively attempting to thrust a wedge betwixt communities done assorted incidents, astir notably the Thirupparankundram deepam controversy, utilizing identity-based authorities to execute their divisive motives.”

Though it was a tract of communal harmony for hundreds of years, the hillock was present being projected arsenic a constituent of conflict, a determination intended solely to inject divisive ideologies into the nationalist consciousness, helium contended.

Mr. Vaiko stated that a Madras High Court justice exceeded his judicial mandate by ordering petitioners to airy a lamp atop the hill, thereby adding substance to a religiously charged narrative.

Declaring that helium feared nary one, helium recalled however helium had adjacent refused a judge’s connection of leniency during his proceedings for supporting the LTTE. During a 2022 RSS-VHP league successful Prayagraj (formerly Allahabad), an unfastened proclamation was made to onslaught retired the words ‘secularism’ and ‘socialism’ from the Preamble to the Indian Constitution, helium added.

Furthermore, they declared their intent to portion Muslims and Christians of their voting rights and citizenship presumption wrong the country.

Mr. Vaiko alleged that BJP Ministers and elected representatives had endorsed these proclamations by acting arsenic mute spectators portion strategically moving toward the goals laid retired successful that meeting.

“Amit Shah, who acts arsenic Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s close hand, comes to Tamil Nadu and talks astir wiping retired the DMK. Where does this arrogance travel from — to talk of destroying a Dravidian question that has 75 years of history? What does helium adjacent cognize astir the Dravidian movement?,“ helium questioned.

Asserting that these agendas struck astatine the bosom of the Constitution, Mr. Vaiko called for the decision of the BJP astatine the Centre and a resounding instrumentality for the DMK confederation successful the State to support the nation’s antiauthoritarian fabric.

Madurai MP Su. Venkatesan, Tiruchi MP Durai Vaiko, Madurai South MLA M. Boominathan, Madurai North MLA G. Thalapathi, lyricist Vairamuthu and histrion Sathyaraj were contiguous during the event.

Published - January 12, 2026 11:33 p.m. IST

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