Overview
- Ashok Singhal posted a cauliflower field photo on X with the caption “Bihar approves Gobi farming” after the NDA’s Bihar victory.
- Critics say the imagery invokes the 1989 Logain massacre during the Bhagalpur violence, reported to involve 116 Muslim victims buried under cauliflower fields.
- Assam Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi called the post a “shocking new low,” labeling it “vulgar and shameful,” and accused Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of encouraging anti-minority rhetoric.
- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor condemned the message, saying neither Hindu faith nor nationalism justifies or condones massacres.
- TMC MP Saket Gokhale alleged the messaging had PMO approval, a claim reported without independent verification, and there has been no apology or official response from the minister or the PMO in the cited coverage.