Deepam Row: BJP MP Anurag Thakur Slams TN Govt as 'Anti-Sanatan', 50 Ex-Judges Back Justice Swaminathan

In a heated Parliament session, BJP MP Anurag Thakur termed Tamil Nadu a 'symbol of anti-Sanatan Dharma' over the Thiruparankundram Deepam controversy. Thakur alleged that despite Madras High Court orders, police blocked devotees from lighting the Karthigai Deepam and resorted to a lathi-charge. The dispute has escalated with the INDIA bloc moving an impeachment motion against Justice GR Swaminathan, a move condemned by 50 former judges as a 'weaponization' of the constitutional process. The programme also features a ground report on the standoff.