Rs 11 lakh for Kanhaiya Kumar's head, 5 for his tongue. Tolerant India?
India cannot get enough of Kanhaiya Kumar, it seems. After the arrest, release and the fiery speech after return to JNU campus, there's already a bounty on the student leader's life... and... errr...his tongue..
A leader of BJP's youth wing, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), Kuldip Varshney announced Rs 5 lakh prize money for cutting off Kanhaiya's tongue. He was quickly expelled from the party for six years after the announcement.
Kuldeep Varshney, BJYM's Badaun district chief, said Kanhaiya has been speaking against the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi since he was released on bail Thursday. "He shouted anti-national slogans in support of a terrorist like Afzal Guru. I will award Rs 5 lakh to the person who cut off Kanhaiya's tongue," Varshney said.
Shortly after the bounty on his tongue, posters appeared in Delhi offering a reward of Rs 11 lakh to anybody who shoots dead Kumar. The posters bearing the name of Purvanchal Sena and its president Adarsh Sharma were seen at bus stops and Metro stations in New Delhi. The Facebook page of this so-called "Sena" reads as Purvanchal Sena, ABVP.
Here's how Twitteratti reacted:
This Adarsh Sharma of Poorvanchal sena is openly announcing 11 lakh reward for shooting #KanhaiyaKumar ! pic.twitter.com/WwSHgwJr93
— ???? :) (@Komal_Indian) March 5, 2016
Waah re nationalist sarkar, this man roams free despite giving media inteviews about y he wants #Kanhaiya murdered! https://t.co/zTGpJMvzeI
— Anna MM Vetticad (@annavetticad) March 5, 2016
#Breaking: Man who offered Rs 11 lakh for shooting Kanhaiya dead booked by Delhi Police for defacement of property. @the_hindu @abaruah64
— Shiv Sunny (@shivsunny) March 5, 2016
#Posters appear in central Delhi offering reward of Rs11Lakh to anyone who shoots dead #KanhaiyaKumarhttps://t.co/HN9D386HhMKya hai ye sab
— Dibang (@dibang) March 5, 2016
Bounties being offered for #KanhaiyaKumar's tongue (Rs 5 lakh) and life (Rs 11 lakh)--time for @DelhiPolice to step in. Oh, wait.
— Mitali Saran (@mitalisaran) March 5, 2016
Proclaiming Vande Mataram, Bharat Mata Ki Jai, Poster offers 11 Lakh Reward to kill #KanhaiyaKumar. Nationalism! pic.twitter.com/Vbgx2IBEbn
— Joy (@Joydas) March 5, 2016
The face of the saffron Taliban! Disgusting. #KanhaiyaKumar https://t.co/jx0yT8Fooa
— swati chaturvedi (@bainjal) March 5, 2016
The man who put up posters calling for a student's murder will be booked for putting up posters. This country. https://t.co/L80sROLlNU
— Rahul Bhatia (@rahulabhatia) March 5, 2016
Shoot #KanahiyaKumar & get a reward of Rs 11 lakh: Posters in Delhi Tolerance at its best in India under BJP pic.twitter.com/9cfgtITa8m
— Sadia (@RJSadiaSattar) March 5, 2016
Tolerant India : Extremists threaten to dig up Dharamsala pitch if Pak plays, BJP youth ldr will pay 5 lacs to cut #Kanhaiya's tongue
— Jyoti Malhotra (@jomalhotra) March 5, 2016