A Meerut-based Thakur leader on Thursday offered Rs 5 crore to anyone who beheads Padmavati director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and actress Deepika Padukone.
“Anyone who brings the head of Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Deepika Padukone will be rewarded with Rs 5 crore. Rani Ma Padmavati had sacrificed her life with 12,000 other women in mass immolation (Jauhar), and Bhansali has raised a question on her courage by showing her in bad light in his film. This is unacceptable. Either both of them should leave the country or get ready to be beheaded,” said Thakur Abhishek Som, national president of Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Yuva Mahasabha.
The Thakur leader’s bizarre announcement came a day after UP principal secretary (home) Arvind Kumar wrote a letter to the Union information and broadcasting ministry that if the film is released in its current version, it may lead to a law and order situation in the civic polls- bound state.
Som added that if no one beheads Bhansali and Padukone, he will do it personally. Queried about the consequences that his speech or actions may have, he said, “I am not afraid of police action and I am ready to sacrifice my life for this cause.”
Another Rajput organisation Karni Sena had threatened to Chop Off Deepika’s nose if the movie is released. Amidst this controversy, security arrangements for Deepika and director Bhansali has been increased.
What’s happening to our nation? Is or religion or facts of history are so brittle, that it would hurt the sentiments of all so easily without even watching the movie?
