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BJP national secretary H Raja has created a storm in Tamil Nadu with a controversial Facebook post, warning that the statue of social reformer EVR Ramasamy, popularly known as Periyar, will be brought down, just like Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin’s statue was razed in Tripura yesterday.
“Who is Lenin and what is the connection between Lenin and India? What connection has India with Communists? Lenin’s statue has been removed in Tripura. Today it is Lenin’s statue in Tripura, tomorrow it will be the statue of caste fanatic EVR Ramasamy,” he wrote in Tamil on his Facebook page Tuesday, along with a video of Lenin’s statue being brought down by a bulldozer in Belonia town in south Tripura.
The BJP leader, however, deleted the Facebook post after facing huge backlash in Tamil Nadu. DMK working president MK Stalin has demanded the arrest of Mr Raja for his post. The MDMK, CPM and CPI have also demanded action against Mr Raja.
