'SRK is a traitor': BJP targets KKR owner over picking Mustafizur Rahman

NEW DELHI: Hindu spiritual leaders and BJP figures person launched crisp attacks connected Bollywood histrion Shah Rukh Khan implicit his IPL squad Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) selecting Bangladeshi cricketer Mustafizur Rahman, portion the Congress has stepped successful to support the actor, calling the remarks against him an onslaught connected India’s pluralism.The archetypal nationalist disapproval came from Hindu spiritual person Devkinandan Thakur, who questioned KKR’s determination successful the backdrop of reported unit against Hindu minorities successful Bangladesh. Speaking to ANI, Thakur said the KKR absorption should region the Bangladeshi player. He demanded that the wealth paid to the cricketer beryllium fixed to families of Hindu victims arsenic an apology."The absorption of KKR, their boss, should region that cricketer (Mustafizur Rahman).

Rs 9.2 crore that they are giving to that cricketer, that wealth should beryllium fixed arsenic an apology to the relatives of the Hindu children if they are successful India, truthful that astatine slightest they tin cognize that their feelings are with the Hindus," Thakur said.

Spiritual person Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracharya went connected to questioned Khan’s quality and called hhim a traitor."He (Shah Rukh Khan) is not a hero. Shah Rukh Khan does not person a character.

His actions person been those of a traitor," Rambhadracharya said.

Soon after, BJP person Sangeet Som called Shah Rukh Khan a “traitor” and accused him of investing wealth successful a subordinate from a state helium claimed was “working against India”. Som said Mustafizur Rahman would not beryllium allowed to play successful the IPL."The mode Hindus are being persecuted successful Bangladesh, women and girls are being raped, their homes are being burned, and anti-India slogans are being chanted there.

Despite each this, traitors similar Shah Rukh Khan, I'm calling him a traitor due to the fact that everything helium has is fixed by India, fixed by the radical of India, but wherever bash they put this money? They put it successful players from a state that is moving against India. I privation to archer radical similar Shah Rukh Khan that they volition not succeed.

At immoderate cost, they volition not beryllium capable to get Mustafizur Rahman to play here. Rahman won't beryllium capable to measurement extracurricular the airport," Som told ANI.

The effect from Congress followed soon after. MP Manickam Tagore condemned the remarks against Khan, calling them an onslaught connected India’s pluralism. In a station connected X, Tagore said hatred could not specify nationalism and criticised the RSS for spreading division. "Calling Superstar Shah Rukh Khan a 'traitor' is an onslaught connected India's pluralism. Hate cannot specify nationalism. RSS indispensable halt poisoning society."

The attacks travel amid a bid of convulsive incidents targeting members of the Hindu assemblage successful Bangladesh. Last month, 2 Hindu youths were lynched successful abstracted incidents. Dipu Chandra Das, a garment mill idiosyncratic successful Mymensingh district, was beaten to decease implicit alleged blasphemy charges connected December 18, aft which his assemblage was reportedly hanged and acceptable connected fire.