The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh continues to criticize DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin’s remarks on Sanatana Dharma. Union Minister Anurag Thakur challenged senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi to break their silence on the issue, while Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant alleged that the INDIA alliance wanted to “eradicate Sanatana Dharma”. Thakur and Sawant were in the state for separate ‘Jan Aashirwad Yatras’. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Ministerial colleagues have also maintained an aggressive stance over the controversy, emphasizing that the Constitution does not allow for abuse of any religion. Thakur even said that Stalin’s comments were like “blowing up Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Constitution”. Sawant stated that the INDIA alliance wanted to destroy Sanatana Dharma, something which even the Mughals, British, and the Portuguese could not do in India or Goa. The Congress party’s own unit in Madhya Pradesh realizes that the issue will have some electoral impact.