He summed up the state of the Dravidian movement thus: When I started the Self-Respect Movement, we had five basic goals—to destroy God, Gandhi, Congress, Religion and Brahmins. Of these, Gandhi is dead; Congress too is gone. God’s condition is laughable. But when we pass laws to allow anyone to become priests, they [Brahmins] get it annulled. We should change this state of affairs.
