“Some say there was a person over 17 lakh years ago. His name was Ram. Do not touch the bridge (Ramar Sethu) constructed by him. Who is this Ram? From which engineering college he graduated? Is there any proof for this?” Karunanidhi, a known atheist, asked at a public meeting.

Addressing the meeting here late last night on the occasion of DMK founder C N Annadurai’s 99th birth anniversary, he said people of Tamil Nadu had a lot of faith in religious matters and some thought that their emotions could be easily whipped up by quoting the name of Ram.

If the Sethusamudram project was completed, Sri Lanka might face economic difficulties and Tamil Nadu would prosper, he said, adding some Sri Lankans might have whispered to some here that Tamil Nadu should never become prosperous.

“Only to prevent the good scheme, they got hold of the name of a person who was supposed to have lived 17 lakh years ago,” he said.

He claimed that the opposition to the project was part of a large conspiracy by “some jackals who wanted to destroy the Dravidian movement”. (Agencies)

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