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Watch | 'Jai Shri Ram' as a Political Slogan Is a Cover For Violence

Apoorvanand
Jun 28, 2019
In this episode of 'Masterclass', Apoorvanand speaks about how the slogan is being used as a cover to indulge in violence by right-wing extremists.

This week in Jharkhand, a man was brutally beaten for not chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’.

A day earlier, a teacher in Bengal was pushed from the train for not chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’.

When the newly-elected members of parliament took the oath, the hall filled with shouts of ‘Jai Shri Ram’. The slogan has never been so popular as it is after BJP’s win this elections.

In this episode of ‘Masterclass’, Apoorvanand reveals the harsh reality of how the slogan is being used as a cover to commit violence by right-wing extremists.

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