Twinkle Khanna takes a dig at Ram Rahim Singh: Babas and their kind

On Friday, 50-year-old Ram Rahim's conviction triggered deadly violence by mobs of Dera supporters in Panchkula, Sirsa and other towns in Haryana and neighbouring Punjab. From B-Town celebs to common janta, people have come forward to support the decision of him sentenced to jail.

Twinkle Khanna, who is known for her sarcasm, has taken a potshot at Ram Rahim Singh in her recent column for a leading daily. She called herself a "staunch member" of the MSG club that she apparently founded to watch the first day first show of "the good Baba's cinematic outing" along with other members.

She went on to write, "I also regularly listened to his songs with lyrics like, You are the Love Charger, billions battery when goes down you charged up with love so strong.' Time passed and my dream of meeting my idol almost turned into a reality. One day, I was at the Marriott when I discovered that Dr Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan had taken over the presidential suite, as well as dozens of rooms for a fortnight. I guess he probably needed the extra space even if it was to just store his mammoth name."

She added, "But the realisation of what a godman's followers are really capable of sunk in only on Friday after MSG was convicted of rape. Mayhem spread across parts of Punjab and Haryana as his followers, who call themselves Insan, forgot about their humanity and went about threatening to wipe out India'. The violence led to at least 30 deaths and 250 people being injured. The ministers, who had taken blessings from the same godman looking at these very followers as a votebank, were busy announcing their helplessness to control the mob."

"Babas and their kind are as common in India as potholes. But I think we are more to blame than them as they exist only because of us. As I wrote earlier, when our current idol falls off his pedestal, we simply call him or her a fraud and go off on a quest to find the next godman. It is time that we gullible fools stop turning towards them like a bunch of silly sunflowers looking for the sun, forgetting that a halo is just a trick of the light," Twinkle Khanna added.

At the end, she wrote, "Anyway, all this monkey business reminds me of a certain cheeky monkey and old colleague, Kiku Sharda who was jailed for mimicking the Love Charger. I think he should immediately go to the nearest Chinese restaurant to celebrate, order a beer and tell the waiter, I don't want any monosodium glutamate in my Schezwan chicken, you people should lock away your MSG too. Cheers!"

Isn't she the master of words and wit?

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