It is deja vu time in Tamil Nadu. Three years ago DMK leader and ex-deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin kicked up a row when he said: "... 'sanatana dharma' ought to be eradicated like malaria, dengue and mosquito and not opposed..."
The comment led to ferocious pushback from the BJP; in fact, such was the heat Prime Minister Narendra Modi responded and the Supreme Court was petitioned, though it later refused pleas seeking criminal charges against the younger Stalin.