Will do it on my own if…: Udhayanidhi on seer’s Rs 10 crore bounty for his head

Under fire over his remarks on ‘Sanatana Dharma’, Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin called out a Hindu seer from Ayodhya who announced a bounty of Rs 10 crore ‘for his head’.

Paramhans Acharya, a seer from Ayodhya, released a video that showed him holding a poster of Udhayanidhi in one hand and a sword in the other, and staging the symbolic beheading of the DMK minister. He was also seen setting the poster on fire. The seer announced a reward of Rs 10 crore for anyone who beheads the DMK leader.

Reacting to the video, Udhayanidhi said, “Today a swamy (seer) announced Rs 10 crore bounty for my head. He said whoever beheads Udayanidhi will get Rs 10 crore. Is he a real saint or a duplicate one? Why do you like my head so much? From where are you getting so much money? Why are you announcing Rs 10 crore to comb my hair? I will do it on my own if you give me a Rs 10 comb.”

The DMK minister, however, remained firm on his statement on the Sanatana Dharma, saying he did not target the Hindu community.

“I will again and again talk on the issue that I spoke at the event on Saturday. I will speak more. I told that day itself that I am going to talk about the issue which is going to irritate many and that is what has happened,” he told reporters.

Sanatana Dharma meant it was permanent and cannot be changed, he claimed.

“Women were confined indoors but they have come out. They said women cannot get education, only Dravidam (the DMK’s ideology) gave them education. Even the breakfast scheme (in Tamil Nadu) is to ensure more children, especially girls, get education,” Udhayanidhi said.