How can you entirely delink the case against the Shankaracharya from Dravidian politics in Tamil Nadu?
It is true that Dravidian politics is anti-Brahmin. But Jayalalithaa has not got this murder engineered. The prosecution’s case suits her politics… Let it suit her, but it suits constitutionalism too. It suits the majesty of law. It suits the concept of equality of all before the eyes of the law. May you ever be so high, but the law is above you. Many argue that the case could have been dealt with more care. The police have taken utmost care. With folded hands they told the Shankaracharya that ‘we are sorry but we will have to arrest you.’ Obviously, he got very wild. He asked, ‘What do you mean?’ The police said they believe he is involved in a murder. He said, ‘How dare you say this blasphemous thing?’ When the police insisted, he said, ‘I’ll not go. Tell Jayalalithaa to talk to me.’ After that, for 10 minutes he talked to his deputy (Vijayendra Saraswati). He then voluntarily got up and went with the police. In the jail, his food is cooked by a Brahmin constable. He is allowed to
