Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar, Naseeruddin Shah members of Tukde Tukde gang's sleeper cell, alleges Narottam Mishra

New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh home minister Narottam Mishra has claimed that actors Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah and lyricist Javed Akhtar are “members of the Tukde Tukde gang’s sleeper cell”.

शबाना आजमी‌, नसीरुद्दीन शाह जैसे लोग टुकड़े-टुकड़े गैंग के स्लीपर सेल के एजेंट है जो सिर्फ भाजपा शासित राज्यों में हुई घटनाओं पर ही हल्ला मचाते हैं, जबकि कांग्रेस शासित राजस्थान और झारखंड जैसे राज्यों में हो रही घटनाओं पर मौन रहते हैं। अब ऐसे लोगों की कलई खुल चुकी हैं। pic.twitter.com/fPpaTLKbzx

— Dr Narottam Mishra (@drnarottammisra) September 2, 2022

He accused them of not condemning the murder of a tailor in Rajasthan’s Udaipur city and the recent incident of a woman set ablaze in Jharkhand, and said this reflects their “cheap mentality”.

“Actually, people like Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar and Naseeruddin Shah, among others, are all members of the Tukde Tukde gang’s sleeper cell. Tell me whether she had said anything on the murder of Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur, no she didn’t,” the minister told reporters on Friday.

“Recently, our daughter was set ablaze in Jharkhand. Has she said anything? No. If anything happens in the BJP-ruled state, then you see Naseeruddin Shah fearing about staying in the country. Then there is an award returning gang that will get active and they will shout,” he said.

This reflects their “cheap mentality”. How can they be called decent or secular? It is a matter of thought. They all are exposed, Mishra said.

Reacting sharply to the Madhya Pradesh home minister’s comment, Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday asked why has Mishra stopped at them and did not include Chidambaram in the list. “I had declared in Parliament that I was a member of the tukde-tukde gang,” the Congress MP said.

Why did the Home Minister of Madhya Pradesh stop with calling Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar & Naseeruddin Shah members of the tukde-tukde gang?

I had declared in Parliament that I was a member of the tukde-tukde gang!

— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) September 4, 2022

The Congress leader also took a swipe at him and said he should become the Union home minister since he has information which even the ministry of home affairs did not have. In a series of tweets, Chidambaram also went on to recall that the Union home ministry had no data available on tukde-tukde gang, though BJP leaders use the phrase often.

I had also pointed out that in the answer to a question, the MHA said that the government had "no information" on the tukde-tukde gang!

If the Home Minister of MP has more information than the Union Home Minister, he should be appointed as the Union Home Minister!

— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) September 4, 2022

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