MR Venkatesh says, 'DMK's false beard fell off,' over spokesperson Saravanan's controversial statement on Kashmir

Political Analyst M.R. Venkatesh called out DMK over ir stand on Kashmir over abrogation of Article 370, after party spokesperson A Saravanan attempted a clarification on his contentious 'Kashmir t an integral part of India' claim. 

Speaking to Republic World, Venkatesh stated that PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah 'dynamited' plan of DMK and that party official spokesperson's statement has laid bare party's position on integration of Jammu and Kashmir after being caught by Republic Media Network's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami. 

He said, " DMK has always been bordering on secessionism and packaging it as advancing cause is federalism, y believe India is a union of several republic and t a republic itself."  

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"Modi and Shah have dynamited this grand plan of DMK, assiduously built over 6 or 7 decades. ir false beard fell off on August 12, when Mr Arnab Goswami caught Mr Saravanan official spokesperson of DMK in making party's position explicitly on J&K," he added. 

DMK spokesperson A Saravanan in a statement refuted to allegations against him over J&K debate, despite claiming it on record that Kashmir was 'never an integral part of India' on Republic TV's Debate with Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami on August 12. 

In a statement issued by DMK, Saravanan has stated that he still maintains his stand that he never uttered anything 'against integrity of country.'

Justifying his side,  he stated that he meant to say, "Kashmir was never an integral part of India" in context during independence and that Kashmir was made an 'integral part only in 1956, as per agreement with Raja Hari Singh.' 

Moreover, Saravanan maintained that he was t given to clarify remarks made during debate on Republic TV. 

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He furr said that he 'did t run away' amid debate, but was only 'forced' to leave after being 'targeted' by Arnab Goswami and fellow panelists, following his statement on Kashmir.

Here's clip from Debate: 

WATCH FULL DEBATE HERE