Shocking Reaction! "Throw The Letter From Bollywood Celebs In Dustbin"

A senior political leader and economist, Subramanian Swamy is also a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha remarked that the open letter written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by 49 celebs from Bollywood, artists, historians, and activists to be thrown in the dustbin.

The lawmaker further slammed the celebs for trying to seek international attention by using such tactics. The celebs in the open letter had stated that Jai Shree Ram chant has been used as a provocative war cry and is being used to target minority communities.

The letter further stated that the lynchings are being done on the basis of religion basis. Bollywood celebs like Konkona Sen Sharma, Anurag Kashyap, Revathy, Aparna Sen are among few who have signed the letter. Director Mani Ratnam and celebrated screenwriter Shyam Benegal are at the forefront in showing their dissent. The letter further states that any dissent shown towards government policies leads to anti-national name tagging.

Slamming Bollywood celebs along with signatories of the open letter, Subramanian Swamy, said,

Earlier, 67 retired Indian Administrative Officers wrote an open letter to PM Narendra Modi after houses of several rights activists were raided by the Pune Police on August 28 and five among them - Sudha Bharadwaj, Gautam Navlakha, Vernon Gonsalves, Varavara Rao and Arun Ferreira - were arrested on a number of charges, including terrorism-related ones. The letter demanded strict and strong action against hate crime taking place in India. The letter said the circulation of a video of the brutal murder in Rajsamand.