'Not custodian of Hindu deities,' Mahua Moitra on flak from BJP over Goddess Kali remark
Speaking to a local news channel on July 7, Moitra, said the BJP can't impose its views, based on ways of worshipping deities on people of other parts of India.
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Speaking to a local news channel on July 7, Moitra, said the BJP can't impose its views, based on ways of worshipping deities on people of other parts of India.
Filmmaker Leena Manimekalai's controversial tweet, which has received major backlash ever since its release, showed a woman dressed as Goddess Kaali smoking.
In today's DNA Zee News' Aditi Tyagi asks the most pertinent question– Is the Constitution of India not in danger amid silence on insults to Hindu deities?
Post Kaali poster controversy, Leena Manimekalai dismissed claims that her film is disrespectful to the goddess or to Hinduism. She said she had been raised as a Hindu in Tamil Nadu but is now an atheist.
A day ago, a priest at the Hanumangarhi temple in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya also threatened to kill the filmmaker by beheading her.