Abusing Sanatana Dharma bound to have consequences: Venkatesh Prasad on Congress' defeat

Hours after BJP's win across three major states in Hindi heartland became evident, former Indian cricketer Venkatesh Pras on Sunday, congratulating saffron party, hit out at Congress and INDI alliance, blaming ir anti-Sanatana Dharma stance as biggest reason for ir downfall in three out of four big states, for which elections results were declared today.

Taking to Twitter, Pras wrote, "Abusing Sanatana Dharma was bound to have it’s consequences. Many congratulations to BJP for a landslide victory. Just anor testimony of amazing leership of Prime Minister @narendramodi ji & @AmitShah & great work by party cre at grassroot levels #ElectionResults"

In le up to big elections, several top BJP leers, including PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP chief JP Nda, trained ir guns at Tamil Nu CM Stalin's son Dayanidhi over comparing Sanatan Dharma to several diseases and questioned silence of Rahul and Sonia Gandhi, calling Congress-led Indi alliance 'anti-Sanatani.'

" 'Indi alliance,' an arrogant alliance, held a meeting in Mumbai on September 1. On September 3, Tamil Nu CM Stalin's son Udhayanidhi Stalin, whose party DMK is a key partner of alliance, disrespected Sanatan Dharma by linking it with serious diseases. He left no stone unturned in disrespecting Sanatan Dharma in every way," Nda was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.