BJP using riots, religion to mask defeat: Tamil Nadu’s Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin – Tamil Nadu News
Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of using religion, language, and riots to divert attention from its political losses.
“They are using riots, religion and language to hide their defeat,” Stalin said at a public event. He criticised the BJP’s alleged efforts to influence education policies in Tamil Nadu, claiming that the party is trying to reshape the state’s higher education system to serve its political agenda.
“Sanghis are wishing to use religious pride for political gain in Tamil Nadu,” he said. “The fascist BJP is scheming to destroy Tamil Nadu’s higher education,” he added.
Stalin pointed to proposed changes in the University Grants Commission’s regulations, suggesting they are designed to limit the state’s control over its universities. He argued that the state government, which funds universities, pays staff salaries, and develops infrastructure, should have the authority to govern them.
“To retrieve our education rights, it needs to be brought under the State List. It is the state government which creates universities, pays salaries to the staff, and constructs infrastructure, but the Union government will appoint the vice-chancellors,” he said.
He warned that if the BJP gains control over university leadership, it could impose ideological conditions on students. “If that happens, our children will have to study syllabus given by the Union government,” he said. “If Sanghis become vice-chancellors, they might lay conditions that our children should come to class only after drinking cow urine,” he added.
