“Over the past few months, the minister has been in the headlines for his threats and ostensibly radical positions. When a bangle seller was beaten up in Indore by Hindutva outfits, he sent him to jail and hinted that he deserved it because he was “faking” his identity. After a controversy around a mangalsutra ad by fashion house Sabyasachi, he issued a warning, and said he will choose “direct action” the next time. The ad was swiftly taken down. Mishra took a similar stand When Dabur put out a controversial same-sex ad on karva chauth. He recently ordered that Urdu words be removed from police documents, calling them “obsolete”.
That’s not all. When Bajrang Dal workers vandalised the sets of the Prakash Jha film Ashram 3, Mishra called the Hindutva foot soldiers “patriotic” and asked “what action should be taken against you Prakash Jha”. And after Hindutva organisations held rallies in support of the Ram Temple in areas with a significant Muslim population, allegedly instigating violence and facing stone-pelting, the minister ordered that whichever “house the stone comes from, the stones would be taken out of that house”﹘in what appeared to be remarks targeting the Muslim community.”
kya ghatiya insaan hai 🤢