<p>Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai said it was not a "DMK stage" to beat each other over alleged disrespect to the <em>Tamil Thai Vazthu</em>, the state anthem of Tamil Nadu.</p>.<p>According to<em> India Today</em> <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/karnataka-polls-bjp-annamalai-dmk-apology-demands-tamil-state-anthem-2365917-2023-04-28" target="_blank">reports</a>, K Annamalai, the BJP's Karnataka election co-in charge, was at a poll rally in Shimoga on Thursday when the organisers played<em>Tamil Thai Vazthu</em>. Senior BJP leader KS Eshwarappa intervened and asked the organisers to play the Karnataka state anthem instead.</p>.<p>In the year 2020, he had also posted a video of Chief Minister MK Stalin, purported to show him mocking the national anthem.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/aiadmk-bjp-seal-alliance-for-2024-lok-sabha-polls-1213346.html" target="_blank">AIADMK, BJP seal alliance for 2024 Lok Sabha polls</a></strong><br /><br />"Do you need all this with a leader who doesn't know to play the national anthem after hoisting our national flag? Isn't yours the history of removing the line <em>Kannadamung Kalitelungum Kavinmalayalamum Tuluvum</em> from the Tamil Thai state anthem and sowing the division of the state?" Annamalai said.</p>.<p>"Our only mission is to save the Tamil people from you and DMK's cheap politics. Do not worry!", he siad.</p>.<p><strong>Udhayanidhi Stalin attacks Annamalai</strong></p>.<p>“It clearly shows what importance he (Annamalai) gives to <em>Tamil Thai Vaaztbu</em>," said Tamil Nadu minister and CM MK Stalin’s son, Udhayanidhi Stalin.</p>.<p>He rejected Annamalai's claim that the tone of the anthem was wrong. He said, “I don't believe in it. It is not a serious thing to talk about him. I don't know what happened there. As per the video I saw, it was defaming.”</p>
<p>Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai said it was not a "DMK stage" to beat each other over alleged disrespect to the <em>Tamil Thai Vazthu</em>, the state anthem of Tamil Nadu.</p>.<p>According to<em> India Today</em> <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/karnataka-polls-bjp-annamalai-dmk-apology-demands-tamil-state-anthem-2365917-2023-04-28" target="_blank">reports</a>, K Annamalai, the BJP's Karnataka election co-in charge, was at a poll rally in Shimoga on Thursday when the organisers played<em>Tamil Thai Vazthu</em>. Senior BJP leader KS Eshwarappa intervened and asked the organisers to play the Karnataka state anthem instead.</p>.<p>In the year 2020, he had also posted a video of Chief Minister MK Stalin, purported to show him mocking the national anthem.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/aiadmk-bjp-seal-alliance-for-2024-lok-sabha-polls-1213346.html" target="_blank">AIADMK, BJP seal alliance for 2024 Lok Sabha polls</a></strong><br /><br />"Do you need all this with a leader who doesn't know to play the national anthem after hoisting our national flag? Isn't yours the history of removing the line <em>Kannadamung Kalitelungum Kavinmalayalamum Tuluvum</em> from the Tamil Thai state anthem and sowing the division of the state?" Annamalai said.</p>.<p>"Our only mission is to save the Tamil people from you and DMK's cheap politics. Do not worry!", he siad.</p>.<p><strong>Udhayanidhi Stalin attacks Annamalai</strong></p>.<p>“It clearly shows what importance he (Annamalai) gives to <em>Tamil Thai Vaaztbu</em>," said Tamil Nadu minister and CM MK Stalin’s son, Udhayanidhi Stalin.</p>.<p>He rejected Annamalai's claim that the tone of the anthem was wrong. He said, “I don't believe in it. It is not a serious thing to talk about him. I don't know what happened there. As per the video I saw, it was defaming.”</p>