Anupam Kher slams Bhaskar journalist; performs Shradh rituals for Kashmiri Pandits in Varanasi
Kher asked Sahu that instead of preaching knowledge to others, he should try to write on terrorism or about the Kashmiri women who were raped.
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Mumbai, June 16: Veteran actor Anupam Kher took to Twiiter, to call out a journalist. In his tweet, the actor reprimanded the journalist, Rajesh Sahu, asking him to write an article on the atrocities committed against Kashmiri Hindus.
Sahu, in response to the actor’s tweet, wrote, “You need to go to Kashmir before you come to Varanasi. The situation there is bad. Go there and talk to the Governor about the safety of the Pandits. Then you come to Mahadev and do the puja rituals for the peace to the souls of the Kashmiri Pandits.”
Kher asked Sahu that instead of preaching knowledge to others, he should try to write on terrorism or about the Kashmiri women who were raped. Kher replied to Sahu in response to a tweet by the latter, in which he suggested Kher leave the puja rituals and ask for security for Kashmiri Hindus.
This Twitter spew began when Anupam Kher tweeted, “Tomorrow, I am going to Varanasi where I will be doing Shanti Path for the peace to the souls of the Kashmiri Hindus who were brutally killed in the Hindu genocide by the terrorists. This was a resolution I made during the shooting of the film The Kashmir Files. This puja is called Tripindi Shradh Puja. I thank the organizers.”
Sahu, in response to the actor’s tweet, wrote, “You need to go to Kashmir before you come to Varanasi. The situation there is bad. Go there and talk to the Governor about the safety of the Pandits. Then you come to Mahadev and do the puja rituals for the peace to the souls of the Kashmiri Pandits.”
Many users reacted to this response by the journalist. Kher responded saying, “Do something yourself. You are a journalist in Dainik Bhaskar. Write an article describing how brutally terrorists have killed Kashmiri Hindus in Kashmir in the last 35 years. Write how their mothers and sisters were raped. Condemn terrorism. I am going to perform the Puja for those who were killed by the bullets of those very terrorists.”
While replying to this tweet by Kher, Sahu twisted the topic and took it in a different direction. He held the film The Kashmir Files responsible for the negativity. He wrote, “We write that atrocities took place in Kashmir. But why not blame the then government at the time of violence against Kashmiri Pandits? This part was cleverly hidden in your film as well. Your film has spread only negativity. In Kashmir as well as in the country.”
Since the release of The Kashmir Files, many influential people like Farooq Abdullah have cited this film as the reason for the target killings of Hindus, trying to pretend that the movie is the reason for the attacks against Hindus.
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Kher performed ‘shradh’ ceremony for Kashmiri Pandits killed in the 1990 massacre in the Valley. The actor performed ‘tripindi shradh’ for the peace of the departed souls. The event was organised by Brahma Sena and was held at Pichash Mochan Teerth in Kashi