‘Rhea is a Bengalee Brahmin lady’ Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury gives Bengali vs Bihari, Brahmin vs Rajput twist to the case

Congress leader and chief of the party’s West Bengal unit Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury came down heavy on the BJP saying that it is using Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case keeping in mind the Bihar elections.

“Departed star, Mr #SushanthSinghRajput was an Indian actor, BJP turned him into a Bihari actor, only to score electoral brownie points”, he tweeted.

His tweet comes in the light of Bihar unit of the BJP putting posters of Sushant Singh Rajput with the words, “Na bhoola hai, na bhoolne denge (We haven’t forgotten, nor will we let anyone forget)”.

He called the arrest of Rhea Chakraborty by the Narcotics Control Bureau as ludicrous saying that the central agency has done it ‘to please the political masters’.

He went on to say that “Rhea is a Bengalee Brahmin lady” and “justice for actor Sushant Rajput” should not be interpreted as “justice to Bihari” adding that Rhea’s father was entitled to demand justice for his kids.

This tweet of the Congress leaders has been called out by many netizens for the unwarranted labelling of linguistic and caste identities. Here are some the reaction to his tweets.