Bharatiya Janata Party targeted the Indian National Congress over the latter’s alleged ‘silence’ on recent statements on Sanatana Dharma. Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Sabha MP Ravi Shankar Prasad held that Sonia Gandhi’s silence on the issue is an indication of her approval to the same. “DMK Education Minister Ponmudy’s remark has come to light. ‘INDIA alliance has been formed to oppose and finish Sanatana Dharma’, Ponmudy said at the same ‘anti-Sanatana Dharma’ event where Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Stalin’s son compared Sanatana to dengue, and malaria. Their hidden agenda is doing vote bank politics by opposing Sanatana Dharma. I ask the Congress party and this alliance – do they have the right to criticise deities of other faiths? Do they have the courage? They stay silent on other religions but openly oppose Sanatana,” he said. Ravi Shankar Prasad added, “Why is Sonia Gandhi silent? She is the premier of her party and her silence makes the nation anxious. Her silence is an indication of her approval. What more will you do for votes?”