Over 260 eminent citizens, including former judges and bureaucrats, have written to Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, urging him to take cognisance of DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin’s eradicate “Sanatan Dharma” comment, calling it “hate speech”. In a letter to the CJI, the signatories, including former Delhi HC judge S N Dhingra, said not only did Udhayanidhi Stalin make a hate speech but refused to apologise for his remarks. 

The letter, signed by 262 people including 14 retired judges, 130 former bureaucrats and 118 ex-armed forces officers, said they are deeply concerned over the remarks made by the Tamil Nadu minister which undeniably amount to “hate speech” against a large population of India and strike at the very core of the Constitution of India which envisages a secular nation. The letter said action is needed in order to preserve the secular character of the country.