Indian right-wing political party Shiv Sena has been making headlines from past few weeks. After banning Pakistani actors Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan to work in India, they have explained that it’s because of their drama series ‘Humsafar’.
Recently, Shiv Sena has threatened Pakistani actors, singer and sports person in India. On the other hand, they have showed support to Pakistani child activist Malala Yousafzai. Talking about this exception, they said, “Malala is different, she is not a terrorist, she has been fighting terrorism”.
According to a local media report, when reminded that Mahira and Fawad were not terrorists either, the party was quick to clarify that, “We did not ban those two because we think they are terrorists or linked to terrorism. We banned them because of Humsafar”.
“I mean it’s a story about a man who sits by as his wife is thrown out, has his child, and returns to him for help with her health bills, only to find out that he’s a misogynist jerk who could care less. The woman then forgives him in the end and we all find out that it’s his mother who is evil - it is literally the worst drama we have ever seen!” he added.
The reason is quite a ‘lame’ reason to believe, but nevertheless this is not the first time that Shiv Sena has demonstrated hostility towards Pakistanis.
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