Anupam Kher, a well known film actor of Bollywood, is leading a rally today. The rally is to communicate the message that India is a tolerant state. It is also supposed to counter the message that the writers, historians, scientists and film makers are making. The rally is thus a protests against these intellectuals for defaming India; for portraying to the world that India is an intolerant state. Now is Mr. Kher being reasonable?
The intellectuals are protesting against the rising intolerance in the country. These people are saying that those in the government or those close to the government are those responsible for the criminals acts. Criminal acts like the murder of Kalburgi for his criticism of religion or the murder of Aklaq for having eaten beef (when what he really ate was mutton) and similar incidents. The hate speech dished out against certain people; speeches like 'go to Pakistan', 'drown in the sea', 'bastards' etc. These are delivered by those close to RSS/BJP. The protest by all these people was to tell the government that it must act against such criminal actions.
So are those who committed murder or delivered hate speeches responsible for tarnishing the image of India or is it those who are protesting against such criminal acts? Anupam Kher, whose wife is an MP of BJP, manufactured this unreasonable yet sly slogan that the protesters are damaging the reputation of India. Instead of protesting against the murderers for being intolerant or against those whose speeches implicitly or explicitly provided political atmosphere that is conducive for such criminal acts, Kher chose to protest against those who protest. And by manufacturing such protest, Kher, by default, chose to support the murderers and those that delivered hate speeches, those who are intolerant.
So are those who committed murder or delivered hate speeches responsible for tarnishing the image of India or is it those who are protesting against such criminal acts? Anupam Kher, whose wife is an MP of BJP, manufactured this unreasonable yet sly slogan that the protesters are damaging the reputation of India. Instead of protesting against the murderers for being intolerant or against those whose speeches implicitly or explicitly provided political atmosphere that is conducive for such criminal acts, Kher chose to protest against those who protest. And by manufacturing such protest, Kher, by default, chose to support the murderers and those that delivered hate speeches, those who are intolerant.
An actor still trying hard to act. He should realised that this is not a movie scene. There is no doubt that he is paid for this protest by some party...
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