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This week’s episode of ‘Halaat Kya Hai’ features a number of interesting stories.
Ahead of the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Union home minister Amit Shah has averred that, in a state where there were “two or three Bahubalis in each zila”, today, even with ‘binoculars’, he can’t see even one. His remarks, ironically, came as he shared a stage with Union minister Ajay Mishra, whose son Ashish is the prime accused in the October 3 violence at Lakhimpur Kheri.
BJP MP Pragya Thakur took everyone by surprise when she affirmed that, “If you want to stay in the country, there should be no interference with any religion.” However, Thakur was quick to correct herself, not once but twice reassuring her listeners that she was speaking only of the Sanathan dharm, referring to the Hindu faith.
Watch The Wire’s Mukul Singh Chauhan speak about these stories and more.