New Delhi:
Acclaimed singer Sonu Nigam raked up a fresh controversy when he compared controversial self-styled godwoman Sukhwinder Kaur alias Radhe Maa to Goddess Kali and the Naga sadhus.
Sonu made a series of posts in support of ‘Radhe Maa’ on social media. Nigam in a Tweet said “a country that worships Kaali Maa, who’s depicted in the least clothes, has the galls to judge someone’s spiritual quotient by his/her attire!”
“I have no clue who she is... Never met her... But in my eyes, she’s someone’s wife, someone’s daughter and many others call her a mother,” Nigam claimed about Radhe Maa.
“If she’s proven guilty by the law, she’ll be punished by law. Before that, she’s as respectable a citizen as you and me. And more so since she’s a woman in a country infamous for its rapes and atrocities over women,” he added.
Condemning the idea of judging a women by her attire Sonu said that there is no point judging somneone’s spirituality by his her attire.
The actor-singer made reference of Kumbh Mela where thousands of naked Naga sadhus roam around, a country that has Digambar Jains who don’t wear anything for religious reasons, but has issues with a woman merely wearing a short dress in her personal time.
How does the number and length of clothes on a person define his or her spiritual quotient,” he asked.
“We have issues with her dancing on songs, most dancers like Hema Malini, portray Durga ballet on stage regularly. So? Big Deal?
“If her devotees have no issues with it, why should we be bothered? They see their God in a dancing Guru, many others see their God’s in a Sai Baba Idol, or a Shiva Idol!!
“What then is a difference between those terrorists who call everyone else who don’t follow Islam as Kaafirs, and us? Where does religious freedom go?” Nigam continued.
Sonu didn’t stop here. He went on further to slam critics and there way of using pornographic images and foul language.
Slamming critics, he wondered what kind of a country Indians were living in where people cannot discuss an issue without using foul language, circulating semi-pornographic images and reducing someone’s dignity to trash.
He lamented that over the years, there is “another kind of rowdy mob of hooligans, a Twitter Mob, that has no boundaries. That will mercilessly and pointlessly abuse and attack, you could be a senior actor, you could be someone’s wife or mother. They don’t care!”
“But I put across my point in complete awareness of the consequences .. I know that religious hypocrites go on offensive when they are cornered philosophically. Rational point of views, have always received brickbats initially before the wise of the society come together to empower it,” Nigam said.
After the singer’s posts, people filed written compliants against the him. Mumbai Police said they have received written complaints against singer Sonu Nigam over his tweet about controversial godwoman Radhe Maa.
“Police received two applications against Nigam for his tweet regarding Radhe Ma a few days ago,” said deputy commissioner of police M Dahikar.
Samtanagar and Sakinaka police stations received two applications against the singer, requesting police to file an FIR, for “hurting religious sentiments”.
“Police haven’t filed any FIR against the singer yet,” Dahikar said.
