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Narayanan appeals to fight against threat to secularism
Chennai, Sept 30: Former president K R Narayanan today said there was a threat to `secularism and Dravidian principles` in the 21st century and asked the leaders of Dravidian movement to put up a `spirited fight` against it.
Chennai, Sept 30: Former president K R Narayanan today said there was a threat to "secularism and Dravidian principles" in the 21st century and asked the leaders of
Dravidian movement to put up a "spirited fight" against it.
Declaring open a museum on the history of Dravidian movement, established by DMK here, he said the Dravidian movement has to oppose the threat with full vigour.
Narayanan said the Dravidian movement had brought about a social change in the country and had immensely helped the people who were oppressed for centuries. The approach of the Dravidian movement leaders was of great relevance, particularly when the oppressive forces used religion to create divisions among various sections of the society, he said adding, the movement was a turning point in retrieving human rights, self-respect and social justice for the oppressed classes.
The movement was to eradicate the imbalances in the society and it had waged a war against the castiest forces, which were ruling the roost, the former president said.
He said an influential section of the society monopolised the education and knowledge, which had led to the backwardness of the society. This monopoly was broken by the Dravidian movement, which helped in providing education and knowledge to the oppressed sections, he added. Bureau Report
Narayanan said the Dravidian movement had brought about a social change in the country and had immensely helped the people who were oppressed for centuries. The approach of the Dravidian movement leaders was of great relevance, particularly when the oppressive forces used religion to create divisions among various sections of the society, he said adding, the movement was a turning point in retrieving human rights, self-respect and social justice for the oppressed classes.
The movement was to eradicate the imbalances in the society and it had waged a war against the castiest forces, which were ruling the roost, the former president said.
He said an influential section of the society monopolised the education and knowledge, which had led to the backwardness of the society. This monopoly was broken by the Dravidian movement, which helped in providing education and knowledge to the oppressed sections, he added. Bureau Report