Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin slammed the Centre and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for releasing a special postage stamp and a commemorative coin to mark the centenary celebrations of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
In his Gandhi Jayanthi message, the Tamil Nadu chief minister said India must be saved from the pitiful state of the nation's head, releasing commemorative coin and stamp to celebrate the centenary of the organisation that shaped the ideas of the communalist who killed Mahatma Gandhi.
நமது இந்தியா, அனைத்து மத மக்களுக்குமான மதச்சார்பற்ற நாடு எனும் அடிப்படைத் தத்துவத்திற்கு வித்திட்டவர் அண்ணல் காந்தியடிகள்!
மக்களிடையே வெறுப்பின் விதைகள் தூவப்பட்டு, பிரித்தாளும் சக்திகள் தலைதூக்கும் போதெல்லாம் அவற்றை எதிர்கொள்ளும் வலிமையை நமக்கு என்றும் வழங்கும் ஆற்றல் அவர்.… pic.twitter.com/XdRrDDmiSZ
— M.K.Stalin - தமிழ்நாட்டை தலைகுனிய விடமாட்டேன் (@mkstalin) October 2, 2025
Slamming the Centre, in a post on X, Stalin said, "India should be rescued from the pitiful state where the one who is in charge of the country's leadership (prime minister) 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."
"This is the pledge that all the people of the country should take on Gandhiji's birth anniversary. #MahatmaGandhi," Stalin added. The chief minister paid floral tributes to a portrait of Gandhi on his birth anniversary at Chennai on Thursday. Stalin noted India is a secular country and Mahatma Gandhi sowed the basic philosophy for it.
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Earlier, Stalin's ally and his Kerala counterpart, Pinarayi Vijayan, slammed the Centre for releasing a coin and a stamp to commemorate 100 years of RSS. In a post on X, Vijayan said, "Commemorating the RSS centenary with a postage stamp and a Rs 100 coin is a grave insult to our Constitution. It legitimises an organisation that abstained from the freedom struggle, promoting a divisive ideology that aligned with the colonial strategy. This national honour is a direct assault on the memory of our true freedom fighters and the secular, unified India they envisioned."
Prime Minister Modi released a Rs 100 coin on Wednesday, and it features a majestic image of Bharata Mata in Varada mudra, with a lion on the obverse. The members of the RSS are seen venerating her. The national emblem is depicted on the reverse. |
