The row over the 'smoking Kaali' poster has blown up now with the BJP, slamming TMC MP Mahua Moitra for her comments on Goddess Kaali. Filmmaker Leena Manimekalai is also in trouble as multiple FIRs have been filed against her across India.
The row over the 'smoking Kaali' poster has blown up now with the BJP, demanding TMC MP Mahua Moitra's arrest for her comments on Goddess Kaali. The controversy erupted after filmmaker Leena Manimekalai shared the poster of her film 'Kaali' on social media, depicting a woman, dressed up as Goddess Kaali, smoking a cigarette. Stay with India Today for LIVE updates around the controversy.
Mahua Moitra had stirred a controversy by saying that she has every right as an individual to imagine Goddess Kali as a meat-eating and alcohol-accepting goddess, as every person has the right to worship God and Goddess in his or her own way.