New Delhi: A video journalist is in the eye of storm for allegedly mocking and ridiculing Hindu festival Raksha Bandhan. He and his organisation TV9 Bharatvarsh are now staring at legal trouble as his offensive comments have infuriated a particular community.
Hindu IT Cell, a volunteer group of concerned Hindus, has sent a legal notice to the TV channel and asked it to file ‘justifiable’ explanation in 7 days, failing which it will initiate legal action against the channel.
We have sent a legal notice to @TV9Bharatvarsh
over their employee’s anti-Hindu statement on the eve of Rakshabandhan.
We have given them 7 days time to reply or else we will initiate legal action against them.Jai Shree Ram !! pic.twitter.com/JX2LMkI90O
— Hindu IT Cell (@HinduITCell) August 25, 2021
Tanveer Ali, a video journalist with TV9 Bharatvarsh, poked fun at the Hindu festival while the nation was celebrating Rakhi. In a Facebook post, he wrote, “Those who use expletives for sisters are celebrating the festival.”
The Hindu IT cell claimed that Tanveer Ali maligned the pious festival of Raksha Bandhan, celebrated by the Hindu community across the globe. It also asked the organisation to take strict action against him or be prepared for social media boycott.
Dear @TV9Bharatvarsh, your employee who is working as a video journalist has maligned the pious festival of Rakshabandhan which is celebrated by Hindus around the globe.
Do you endorse his views if not take strict action against him or else be prepared for a social media boycott! pic.twitter.com/z1rgJt41Lh— Hindu IT Cell (@HinduITCell) August 22, 2021
Tanveer Ali also faced strong backlash on social media as he derided the pious bond of brother-sister.
When someone took offence and questioned him, he said that he is ‘speaking truth and enlightening the youth’.
Facing social media backlash, Tanveer Ali sought to clarify his stand and said that his remarks were twisted out of context. However, his clarification didn’t cut ice with the Hindu-affiliated group and it said that it will take legal action against the channel.
यह न तो माफी है और न ही तनवीर अली को अपने बयान के लिए खेद है।हम तनवीर अली और टीवी9 भारतवर्ष से बिना शर्त माफी की मांग करते हैं। हिंदू आईटी सेल चैनल को कानूनी नोटिस भेजने जा रहा है!@TV9Bharatvarsh https://t.co/gyGSds3684
— Hindu IT Cell (@HinduITCell) August 24, 2021
