Tamil Nadu suicide: BJP panel accused DMK of trying to change the state’s culture (Representational)
Chennai:
Raising the pitch for justice to the Thanjavur teenage girl, who committed suicide protesting an alleged attempt to convert her to Christianity, the four-member BJP fact-finding committee on Wednesday criticized Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin’s silence on the issue. questioned and urged them. To get justice for the “daughter” of the country.
The all-women panel, which concluded its talks with the affected family members and officials on Tuesday, called on the state government to remain neutral and book those responsible for the death of the 17-year-old Class 12 student.
“I don’t know why the chief minister is silent on the issue, while the girl herself says she was forced to convert to Christianity,” Telangana BJP leader Vijayashanti, who was part of the team, told reporters. Chennai.
“We don’t need to say anything like that or do politics. This (coercion) has been going on for almost one-and-a-half years and the whole country has come to know the reason behind the girl’s suicide. After her video went viral,” she added .
It was unfortunate that children sent to the best schools for learning are forced to convert instead of being encouraged to learn. Expressing grief over the suicide of the student, he said, “It is not a good sign for education.”
A girl from a missionary school in Thanjavur consumed poison on January 9 and died on January 19.
Wondering as to what prevented the ruling DMK or the police from acting quickly on the evidence or even ascertaining the reason for his suicide, he said that by refusing to convert, the DMK government had only proved that Said that it was against Hindus.
He wanted to know and accused the DMK of trying to change the culture of Tamil Nadu, “You can support any religion, but why go against one religion in particular.”
Also, she claimed that the girl’s father, who has been a member of DMK for almost a quarter century, is being threatened by the party for raising the issue of conversion. He said that the committee would submit its report to BJP national president JP Nadda.
Madhya Pradesh MP Sandhya Rai said the committee would not have needed to visit Thanjavur to find out the truth if the DMK government had taken prompt action to arrest those responsible for the girl’s death.
He alleged, “But the DMK government is keeping silent.” He demanded the government to get justice for the “daughter” of the country. Besides arresting the two wardens of the women’s hostel, for which the license expired, Ms Rai demanded the state government to pay a compensation of Rs one crore to the family of the teenager.
Chitra Tai Wagh of Maharashtra and Geeta Vivekananda of Karnataka are the other members of the team constituted by Sri Nadda on January 27 to ascertain the facts and submit a report to him at the earliest.
On January 31, the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court ordered a CBI probe into the suicide allegedly due to pressure to convert, following a petition by the girl’s father, S Muruganantham.
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