How can Ambedkar, who has devoted his entire life to the oppressed people, be compared to Modi who is firmly in Hindutva? As Ilayaraja faced harsh criticism on social media. This includes fans who admire Ilayaraja regardless of party affiliation.
BJP leader Natta issued a statement denouncing Ilayaraja without naming him, saying the DMK was provoking the criticism. Meanwhile, the DMK has said that no one in the party has commented on Ilayaraja’s views on Modi. The DMK MP said he did not want to comment on the matter. Bharti said in his statement.
BJP Union Minister L Murugan said Ilayaraja was free to praise Modi. The DMK warned that critics of Ilayaraja had the same right to comment as Ilayaraja.
Black Dravidian – Proud Tamil
In the midst of this controversy, a post by Yuvan Shankar Raja, the youngest son of Ilayaraja, has surfaced on Instagram. Yuvan Shankar Raja is in black in that post released last Monday. “Black Dravidian, proud Tamil,” he said in the caption, and the post went viral.
Many on social media have been cheering Yuvan and Dravidian sentiment by putting the same lines. Yuvan’s record comes as BJP leaders rallied around Ilayaraja. This post is seen as a response to Amit Shah’s suggestion that Hindi should be adopted as an alternative to English.
The BJP, which had rallied in favor of Ilayaraja comparing Modi to Babasaheb Ambedkar, has now rallied against Yuvan as well. It is noteworthy that Yuvan Shankar Raja converted to Islam. It was immediately reported that Ilayaraja did not like it.
BJP spokesperson SR Sehgar on Twitter
“Brother Yuvan, you are Tamil by birth
Islam by religion today
Will Islam accept Tamil?
Can I have a name in Tamil?
Can I pray in Tamil?
Put the picture and show the picture
Useless “
– Said.
This has led to strong criticism on Twitter that Sehgar claims that Muslims cannot be Tamils. Mediators are asking why no BJP has come forward for Yuvan’s freedom of expression when BJP leader Natta is embracing Ilayaraja. BJP leader Sehgar has been criticized by Twitter users from many angles.
A.R. Rahman shared Tamilnadu
Earlier, composer A.R. Rahman shared the picture of Tamilnadu on his Twitter on April 8. In it, a black woman wearing a white sari, carrying a spear, dances on a red background, carrying a stick, the symbol of Tamil. His hair flies freely. The title of the film is Tamilnadu. Below that are the lines of Bavender Bharathidasan’s line “Inpath Tamil is the root of our rightful crop”.
It comes a day after Amit Shah made the controversial remark that people in different states should communicate in Hindi instead of English. Then in a video released on April 11, a journalist asks Rahman about Amit Shah’s Hindi link language. Rahman says that “Tamil is the connecting language”. The above image and this video went viral.
Social media users celebrated Rahman and strongly condemned Amit Shah. The BJP also condemned Rahman. One of the BJP leaders, SR Sehgar, said, “Brother A.R. I welcome Rahman’s speech. Let the Rahman family name be changed to Tamil first and let Dua be changed from Urdu to Tamil. ”This was also strongly condemned by Tamil social media users.
Rahman walked out of a film show last year condemning being questioned in Hindi. Rahman posted a tweet in June 2019 when the debate on national education policy came up. In it he wrote that autonomy, in the Camridge English dictionary meaning, means that autonomy is the power to make your own decisions independently. This too went viral on social media as an anti-government comment.
Thus the three composers of the cult are now the talk of social media. While musician Ilayaraja takes the support of Modi, his son Yuvan Shankar Raja and Oscar-winning Rahman speak Tamil pride against the Hindi dumping of the Union Government.
In this, the BJP, which supports Ilayaraja, opposes others. The Tamil community also criticizes Ilayaraja. Praises others. Political observers believe that it is understandable from the controversy over these composers that the BJP’s Hindutva politics in Tamil Nadu will not be taken for granted.