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Kashyap Kashyap was recently trolled for tagging PM Modi in a post about a rape threat. (Photo: Anurag Kashyap/Instagram)Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, whose daughter received a rape threat from a Twitter user who claimed to be a supporter of Narendra Modi, today urged the Prime Minister to condemn such trolling in the harshest words
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Kashyap, who was also trolled for tagging PM Modi in a post about the rape threat, said, “I get trolled a lot but I ignore. It depends on how someone reacts to it. My reaction and that tag was for a simple reason. Our prime ministers have said a lot of times that such things should not happen. But I know if a man says this strongly and strictly that such things shouldnt happen and this will be punishable, these things will automatically stop. We wont have to do anything about it.”
“His (the PMs) silence at such times encourage such people (trolls). These people have no direct connection with him. People in small towns and cities think that when they say such things on behalf of their PM or a star, they think, May be indirectly these people will get to know I did this for them. They feel a connection with their favourites. To put an end to this, strong words are needed,” the Manmarziyaan director added.
Anurag Kashyap also remarked that he is against the atmosphere of fear, which should have no place in a democracy.
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He said, “I am asked such a question, Dont you get scared while speaking against the government? It should not be asked. Why should anyone be scared of anything? If I want to say something about someone, I shouldnt be scared to do so. I shouldnt be scared to ask a question. A democracy gives you the right to ask a question. If I am intimidated for asking a question and later subjected to multiple attacks, I dont find such an atmosphere right. At an individual level, I am not scared but when your daughter receives something like this and she gets scared, then you have to stand with her to give her assurance. I tell her to ignore such things, but thiRead More – Source
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