New Delhi: Maharashtra BJP MLA Abhimanyu Pawar has filed a police complaint against Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan and the makers of “Kaun Banega Crorepati 12” accusing them of hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus.
Abhimanyu Pawar, BJP legislator from Ausa in Latur district, in a complaint to Latur SP Nikhil Pingle said action should be taken against Bachchan and Sony Entertainment Television over a question asked during Friday’s Karamveer special episode.
“There was an attempt to hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus and create discord between Hindus,” Pawar tweeted on Tuesday, posting a copy of his two-page complaint.
कौन बनेगा करोडपती या कार्यक्रमाद्वारे हिंदू धर्मीयांची भावना दुखावल्याबद्दल तसेच अत्यंत सलोख्याने राहणार्या हिंदू व बौद्ध धर्मीयांमध्ये जाणीवपूर्वक तेढ निर्माण करण्याचा प्रयत्न केल्याबद्दल महानायक श्री अमिताभ बच्चन व सोनी टेलिव्हिजन नेटवर्क विरोधात तक्रार नोंदवली.
1/6 pic.twitter.com/PWnUoWxM2M— Abhimanyu Pawar (@AbhiPawarBJP) November 3, 2020
According to the police complaint, a question was asked during the episode “On December 25, 1927, Dr BR Ambedkar and his followers burned copies of which scripture?” and among the options for answer were Vishnu Purana, Bhagavad Gita, Rigved and Manusmriti.
The complaint said all the options are Hindu manuscripts and that this was intentionally done as part of a larger conspiracy. “If their intentions were in right place, they would have mentioned names of various religious manuscripts and not only Hindu manuscripts,” Pawar said in his complaint.
The episode had social activist Bezwada Wilson and actor Anup Soni in the hot seat opposite Bachchan, who asked the folliwng question, worth Rs 6.40 lakh:
On 25th December 1927, Dr B R Ambedkar and his followers burned copies of which scripture?
The options were: (A) Vishnu Purana (B) Bhagavad Gita, (C) Rigved and (D) Manusmriti.
Bachchan then said, “In 1927, Ambedkar condemned the ancient Hindu text Manusmriti to ideologically justify caste discrimination and untouchability and burned its copies.”
