New Delhi : Former CBI additional director and retired IPS officer M. Nageswara Rao’s tweeted calling activist- saint Swami Agnivesh’s death a “good riddance”. His tweet has attracted lot of criticism and outrage on social media.
GOOD RIDDANCE @swamiagnivesh
You were an Anti-Hindu donning saffron clothes.
You did enormous damage to Hinduism.
I am ashamed that you were born as a Telugu Brahmin.
మేక వన్నె పులి
गोमुख व्याग्रं
Lion in sheep clothesMy grievance against Yamaraj is why did he wait this long! https://t.co/5g7oKL62pO
— M. Nageswara Rao IPS (@MNageswarRaoIPS) September 11, 2020
Swamin Agnivesh died on September11. Immediately after the death Rao put out a tweet saying he was an “anti-Hindu donning saffron clothes”.
@RahulEaswar Ji
Hinduism is NOT Faith. It's Dharma. Faith is blind belief &Hinduism is against it. Critical Inquiry informs Dharma.Vishnu took 9 avatars so far to kill Adharmics, which we celebrate as festivals. Are these festivals Hate Virus?
Are U follower of @swamiagnivesh? https://t.co/e57L4diWGT
— M. Nageswara Rao IPS (@MNageswarRaoIPS) September 11, 2020
“My grievance against Yamaraj is why did he wait this long,” he further wrote.
Agnivesh, 80, died at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences in New Delhi Friday evening after a multiple-organ failure and a cardiac arrest.
He was founder-chairperson of the Bandhua Mukti Morcha (Bonded Labour Liberation Front), Agnivesh gained recognition across the country and the globe for his efforts to end bonded labour.
He was also a vocal opponent of communal politics and implored people to “unitedly fight communal forces”.