'Chhaava' and the Morally Correct Choice Before Vicky Kaushal
The QuintIn September 2024, the now Maharashtra state minister Nitesh Rane threatened to kill Muslims inside mosques. In response, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also holds the home portfolio, observed, "Everyone has freedom of speech, but our freedom ends when we encroach upon the freedom of others". With regard to the demolition of Aurangzeb’s tomb, Fadnavis has said, “It is unfortunate that the government has to take responsibility of protecting Aurangzeb’s grave despite his history of persecution.” There is near unanimity in the reportage by media outlets about what happened in Nagpur soon after Rane’s speech. For instance, NDTV, Hindustan Times, BBC all report that the sequence of events was as follows: The Vishva Hindu Parishad and the Bajrang Dal held ‘protests’, burnt Aurangzeb’s effigy, rumours spread that they had also burnt the Quran, and soon after, violence broke out.
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