They should also have freedom to express themselves. If we say that they (the Kashniris) are like us, so they should be equally treated like us, they should also get basic rights which we are getting. And right now the internet is shut down for the last five months for the people of Kashmir. “So when I saw the placard, the first thing that came to my mind was ‘we are here to talk about the freedom of basic constitutional rights’. So the narrative which has been put out is absolutely wrong. So let me tell you that I am not a Kashmiri, my surname is Prabhu and I am a Maharashtrian. One more placard reading a message ‘Free Kashmir’ was also kept there. “So I was moving around and saw a bunch of people painting placards of all sorts like NRC, CAA, JNU students, etc. In the 3-minute video, she outlined the sequence of events at the Gateway of India protest and her thoughts. I was voicing my solidarity for basic constitutional rights,” she wrote on Facebook. “The placard meant freedom to express themselves, freedom from the internet lockdown which many people have been voicing for. In her Facebook post that she called the “truth behind the Lady holding the placard “Free Kashmir”, Tejal Prabhu said the impression being created on social media about the placard had come as an “absolute shock” to her. Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut also weighed in, declaring that his government would not tolerate anyone talking of freedom of Kashmir from India. “We have requested the protestors to not carry any such placard which will land them in trouble,” he said. On Tuesday, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh told Hindustan Times that the police had taken cognisance of the woman with the “free Kashmir” placard and will take legal action against her. Uddhav ji are you going to tolerate this Free Kashmir Anti India campaign right under your nose?” The BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis led the counter-offensive over the placard on Twitter on Monday: “How can we tolerate such separatist elements in Mumbai?.
The placard held up by the 37-year-old has been at the centre of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s attacks targeting the Shiv Sena-led government in Maharashtra, particularly after Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s sharp criticism of Sunday evening’s violence at the Jawaharlal Nehru University.Īlso Watch l JNU violence: Shiv Sena defends ‘Free Kashmir’ poster in Mumbai protests In a video put out on Facebook, Mirza Prabhu said she had picked up the placard lying at the venue that she felt implied the freedom of people in Kashmir to express themselves and from the internet lockdown that started in August last year. Mehak Mirza Prabhu, the woman who held up a “Free Kashmir” placard at the Gateway of India protest over violence at JNU and sparked a political firestorm, on Tuesday came up with her explanation and an apology.
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