BJP condemns attack on party office by DMK supporters

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday condemned the attack on its office by the members of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Chennai following reports of a former BJP lawmaker announcing reward for beheading DMK chief M Karunanidhi.

New Delhi, Sept 24 : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday condemned the attack on its office by the members of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Chennai following reports of a former BJP lawmaker announcing reward for beheading DMK chief M Karunanidhi.

"You must know that the people who have been given the constitutional responsibility for protecting the people they themselves are taking law in to their hands," said senior BJP leader M. Venkaiah Naidu at a press conference here.

"This is highly objectionable and condemnable, and we will like to know why the Congress is silent on this violence?" Naidu added.

Karunanidhi, self claimed atheist, had recently said the existence of Lord Ram was a fallacy as tall as the Himalayas.

His statement came amidst a raging row over an affidavit filed by the Centre before the Supreme Court earlier this month in support of the ship lane project, saying that Hinduism's most important texts are not proof of the existence of Hindu gods.

However, the government backtracked on the 'affidavit' and sought three months time from the court to file an amended one, following threats of nationwide protests by the BJP and other radical Hindu organisations.

Karunanidhi joined the issue, asking the Centre to go ahead with the project, which would come off Tamil Nadu's coast.

ANI