Prashant Bhushan's Krishna' quip draws ire
“Romeo loved just one lady, while Krishna was a legendary eve-teaser.\" Bhushan tweeted.
New Delhi/Lucknow: Lawyer-politician Prashant Bhushan on Sunday stoked a controversy with certain remarks on Lord Krishna while criticising the “anti-Romeo” drive in Uttar Pradesh, following which he was booked for hurting religious feelings.
“Romeo loved just one lady, while Krishna was a legendary eve-teaser. Would (UP CM Yogi) Adityanath have the guts to call his vigilantes Anti-Krishna squads?” Mr Bhushan tweeted.
As the controversy erupted, he tried to control damage by tweeting that his remarks had been distorted and he had no intention of hurting religious sentiments.
“My tweet on Romeo brigade being distorted. My position is: By the logic of Romeo Brigade, even Lord Krishna would look like eve teaser. “We have grown up with legends of young Krishna teasing Gopis. The logic of Romeo squad would criminalise this. Didn’t intend to hurt sentiments,” he added. However, by then separate police complaints had been filed against him by Delhi BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Bagga and UP Congress leader Zeeshan Haidar in Lucknow.