As the movie Pathaan nears its release, the Saffron gang continue with their communal diatribe against actor Shah Rukh Khan. For context, a song ‘Besharam Rang’ did not sit right with the extremist Hindutva Group, as actress Deepika could be seen dancing in an orange outfit. Since the release of that song, Saffron gangs have demanded for the boycott of the film Pathaan. Now, videos of Aastha Maa have started doing the rounds on social media. The Sadhvi has now entered the Hindutva arena to gain her fifteen seconds of fame by giving an Islamophobic and instigating speech against Shah Rukh Khan.
A video of the new Sadhvi surfaced on the internet, where she can be heard saying “kkk Kiran…Gggg Gauri”, the name of Shah Rukh Khan’s wife. Then she continues with making some hilarious claims and said “movie nahi chali, bola tha na, panga mat lo Sanatamiyon se (your movie did not work, I told you to not mess with the saints).” It is strange that she makes the above-mentioned statement as the movie is yet to be released. The Sadhvi then goes on to make another strange reference and says, “arre tu Kulfi choos, kuch bhi choos, humme kya matlab usse. Humme kyu dikha rahi hai ki yeh bhagwi kulfi hai, yeh bhagwa sabun hai- humme nahi pasand toh nahi pasand. (you suck a kulfi, you suck anything, why are you showing it to us? Why are you showing that it’s a saffron kulfi or it’s a saffron soap – if we don’t like something, we won’t like it).” It is unclear to whom this Sadhvi is making the reference to.
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Then she refers to Shah Rukh Khan and says, “Arre sunn jihadi, tujhe jadh se ukhaad kar fenk diya gaya hai (Listen, jihadi, you have been uprooted from your roots)” she then asks her interviewer, “Gauri kon hai? Hindu hai ya Muslim? (who is Gauri, a Hindu or a Muslim?)”, to which the interviewer says that she was a Hindu. Hearing this, the Sadhvi goes on to say, “toh Love Jihad kiya na usne? Shah Rukh Khan love jihadi hai, bohot bada wala love Jihadi hai. (Then he committed the act of Love Jihad. Shah Rukh Khan (SRK) is a big love jihadi.)” It is pertinent to note that according to this Sadhvi, since Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri had an inter faith marriage, SRK is guilty of committing “Love-Jihad”, a bogus term coined by the Right-winged Hindutva group. It is also scary to see the impunity with which this Sadhvi has used the accusation of “love Jihad” against a beloved actor in this video.
She then continues to say “Jo khata yahan ka hai gaata Pakistan ka hai. Toh mai kehna chahti hu ki jo gaata Pakistan ka hai na, toh yaha se apni tingra tokri uthao aur Pakistan ki aur nikal jao (The one who eats here, while sings from Pakistan. So I want to say that if you belong to Pakistan, then lift your “tingra topi” from here and go towards Pakistan.)” “Toh mai toh napunsan hu, jo apni bezatti sehan kar lungi. 4 chaante baja kar jo mere Sanatan ki aur dekhega, Shah Rukh Khan ko bhi (I am not impotent, that I will bear all this. I will give 4 slaps to anyone who looks at my Dharma, even to Shah Rukh Khan)”
As the Sadhvi goes on to instigate violence, the interviewer reminds her that she is a saint and she should not say all of this, to which she says “Mai Sadhvi hu toh kya hua mai desh ki rakshak hu, maine bhagwan pehna hai mai desh se prem karti hu (I might be a saint but I am the protector of this country. I am wearing saffron, and so I love the country.” it is evident that the Sadhvi in this video has self-appointed herself as the protector of the nation, and her chosen method for extending such protection is by wearing saffron colored clothes and spreading hatred against Muslim people.
She then chants the religiously motivated slogan “Jai Shree Ram.” When she is prompted by the interviewer to say Shah Rukh Khan Zindabad, she repeatedly says, “Shah Rukh Khan Murdabad (Death to Shah Rukh Khan)”
A new #sadhvi has come in the #Hindutva supermarket. Even Lord #SriRam would laugh out loud if He hears what she says. She spits venom against #ShahRukhKhan and claims she's doing Moijee's work.
Pity on BJP for deploying cartoons & criminals for votes.pic.twitter.com/9UZleYirw8
— Akash L. Mathur (@ThinkingGuy6) January 10, 2023
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