Actress Swara Bhaskar who has always been on the headlines not solely because of her movies but also because of her comments on controversial national issues.
This time the actress came out in support of TMC leader Mahua Moitra who in a recent interview made controversial remarks on Goddess Kali. Mahua’s comments sparked huge outrage across the nation as people started demanding her suspension from the party.
After The TMC leader’s remarks, the party distant itself from her comments and said that they do not endorse it in any manner or form. But Swara Bhaskar took to twitter to shower praises and show support to her. Swara Wrote “Mahua Moitra is Awesome ! More power to her voice”
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Earlier Mahua Moitra reacted on the recent controversy of the film poster that showed Maa Kali smoking a cigarettes. Speaking at the India today conclave at Kolkata, she said “If you go to Bhutan or Sikkim, for example, when they do puja, they give whisky to their god. Now, if you go to Uttar Pradesh and say that you give whisky to your god as prasad, they will say that is blasphemous,”
Mahua Moitra further said, “For me, Goddess Kali is a meat-eating and alcohol-accepting goddess. And if you go to Tarapith (a major Shakti peeth in West Bengal’s Birbhum district), you will see sadhus smoking. That is the version of Kali people worship (there). I, within Hinduism, being a Kali worshipper, have the right to imagine Kali in that way; that is my freedom,”
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Swara’s support towards Mahua amid the stirring controversy has raised a lot of eyebrows.
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