TV anchor gets 2000 threat calls from RSS, BJP for discussing Simriti speech
SIASAT.COM | 01 March 2016 23:28 IST
A Malayalam television news anchor Sindhu Sooryakumar is receiving a series of threatening calls and abuses from BJP and RSS after she hosted a show to discuss whether worshiping the mythological demon god Mahishasura amounted to treason.
On Friday night, she moderated a spirited discussion on a popular Malayalam TV news where the members of Congress, BJP and Left parties debated whether celebrating Mahishasura, a common custom among certain tribes in India, is enough to accuse students of Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University of “anti-national” activities. CLICK TO READ MORE
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