Actor Prakash Raj on Thursday, in his “#justasking” series, took a jibe at the Central government concerning the national emblem atop the new Parliament building in New Delhi. It is no news that Prakash Raj is an outspoken critic of the saffron party. The actor-filmmaker has been using the hashtag “justasking” on Twitter to pose questions on various issues at the BJP-led government.
In his latest Twitter post, Prakash Raj shared ‘Before’ and ‘Now’ pictures of Lord Ram and Lord Hanuman. In the latter, both the Hindi Gods were depicted aggressively. It was followed by comparative images of the national emblem including the one placed atop the new Parliament building.
Sharing the collage of the above-mentioned comparisons on the micro-blogging site, Prakash Raj wrote, “Where are we heading, justasking.”
Take a look:
Where are we heading… #justasking pic.twitter.com/WjQI1O18pp
— Prakash Raj (@prakashraaj) July 14, 2022
The tweet didn’t go down well among the BJP supporters, who trolled the actor with an array of memes. Supporting BJP’s move of displaying the Ashokan lions aggressively, many opined that “sher hai to sher jaisa dikhan chahaiye, billi thodi hai (A lion should look like one. It isn’t a cat).”
शेर है तो शेर जैसा दिखना चाहिए। बिल्ली थोड़ी है!
— Devang Hingu 🚀 (@devangHingu) July 15, 2022
Hey Prakash, it should be like this da. 😂
..btw what about your next election plan bro? 😛 pic.twitter.com/BDyVRWPUwX
— ravikumar #SaveSoil (@rhavyabhy) July 14, 2022
https://t.co/88BIDaeern pic.twitter.com/c4HzbQGhZM
— Ghungru (@ghungroo_) July 14, 2022
before-after pic.twitter.com/peAOeuigma
— Facts (@BefittingFacts) July 14, 2022
We are heading in the right direction
— Madhubanti Chatterjee (মধুবন্তী চট্টোপাধ্যায়) (@MadhubantiChat3) July 14, 2022
Not only Prakash Raj, the ferocious makeover of the national emblem, whose cast was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this week, has received criticism from opposition parties as well.
The opposition accused BJP of distorting the national emblem by replacing the “graceful and regally confident” Ashokan lions with those having menacing and aggressive postures. In its defence, BJP has dismissed all the accusations and has termed it as yet another “conspiracy” to target PM Narendra Modi.
The solo show of unveiling the national emblem by PM @narendramodi Ji, has already drawn a flurry of questions including constitutional propriety, let alone democratic values. We are all familiar with our PM’s “#Who_Cares_Whom” attitude.
— Adhir Chowdhury (@adhirrcinc) July 12, 2022
Insult to our national symbol, the majestic Ashokan Lions. Original is on the left, graceful, regally confident. The one on the right is Modi’s version, put above new Parliament building — snarling, unnecessarily aggressive and disproportionate. Shame! Change it immediately! pic.twitter.com/luXnLVByvP
— Jawhar Sircar (@jawharsircar) July 12, 2022
The new statue of Ashokan lions is an adaptation of the ancient sculpture ‘Lion Capital of Ashoka’ which is in Uttar Pradesh’s Sarnath, and it dates back to 250 BC.
