Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday strongly criticised the release of a special postage stamp and commemorative coin marking the centenary celebrations of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), saying India must be rescued from the “pitiful state” of glorifying an organisation linked to the ideology of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin.
Paying floral tributes to a portrait of Gandhi on his birth anniversary in Chennai, Stalin said India was founded on the secular ideals sown by the Father of the Nation.
“He is the power that will always provide us strength to face the seeds of hatred among the people and the divisive forces whenever they arise,” the Chief Minister said in a post on the social media platform X.
In a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Stalin said, “India should be rescued from the pitiful state where the one who is in charge of the country's leadership releases special postage stamps and commemorative coin on the centenary of the RSS movement, which gave shape to the dreams of the communal leader who killed our Father of the Nation.”
He urged people across the country to take a pledge on Gandhi jayanthi to safeguard the nation from divisive forces. “This is the pledge that all the people of the country should take on Gandhiji's birth anniversary,” he said.
The commemorative Rs 100 coin released by the Prime Minister on the eve of Gandhi jayanthi features a majestic image of Bharata Mata in Varada mudra, with a lion on the obverse, surrounded by members of the RSS venerating her.
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