New Delhi (Sputnik) — Miffed by the sparse attendance of government doctors at an event he was attending as the chief guest, India’s junior minister for home affairs, Hansraj Ahir, said the doctors should join the Naxals (left-wing extremists) so that they can be shot down by the authorities.
The minister’s audacious rancor against the doctors who chose not to attend the function that coincided with Christmas has created quite a stir in India’s political circle with harsh criticisms spilling over on social media.
"What do the Naxals want? They don't want democracy. … So these people (absent doctors) don't want democracy. They should instead join the Naxals … because then we (the government) can pump bullets into them. They have no business dispensing pills here [i.e., in hospitals]," the minister said in his speech.
He was addressing a function held for the inauguration of a 24-hour store for generic medicines at a government-run hospital in eastern Maharashtra's Chandrapur – his parliamentary constituency.
The Indian government commemorates December 25 as "Good Governance Day," and functions like the one attended by Minister Hansraj Ahir are organized across the country to mark the day. Civil society organizations and the Christian community have time and again raised their voice against holding political events on public holidays.
I am a democratically elected minister, despite knowing that I am coming here why did the doctor go on leave? If they don't believe in democracy then they should join Naxals, we will put bullets in them: Hansraj Ahir,MoS Home at a hospital inauguration in Maharashtra's Chandrapur pic.twitter.com/xmGytpw1D0
— ANI (@ANI) 25 декабря 2017 г.
@ahir_hansraj @PMOIndia
— डॉ.अवधेश भट्टाचार्य (@Dravdhesh_007) 26 декабря 2017 г.
How to u think as a Naxalite I shame on this minister,
Pls Modi ji take action on this atleast
All Doctors demand bullet proof jacket in #Maharashtra after @ahir_hansraj threatens to shoot doctors if they dont fall in line #InsaneAhir
— Dr.Jitendra Awhad (@Awhadspeaks) 26 декабря 2017 г.
Join naxals, we will shoot you: BJP minister Hansraj Ahir to doctors who missed event https://t.co/9oMWYUPTKN via @thewire_in
— Siddharth (@svaradarajan) 26 декабря 2017 г.
No doctor should see him as patient.. live on gomutra
— D. Sengupta (@dpsisi) 25 декабря 2017 г.
In a controversial statement, MoS Home Hansraj Ahir slammed doctors who go on leave, saying that they should “join Naxals” if they don’t believe in democracy, adding: “We will put bullets in them.” https://t.co/prDZ2eP4Iw
When your democratic elected govt representative is above the law, @BJP4India @BJP4Maharashtra @Dev_Fadnavis pls smack his wrist, Join Maoists, will shoot you: Union minister Ahir to doctors skipping hospital event https://t.co/gHWPK7KYW1 via @htTweets
— abhishek gaurav (@doc_ted) 26 декабря 2017 г.
Has Mananiya Mantri Mahodaya @ahir_hansraj managed to convince the doctors to join the naxalites?
— thakursahab (@65thakursahab) 26 декабря 2017 г.
Have the doctors been shot?
Fascist feku, India Prime Madman PM, #NeechAadmi scoundrel has infected party leaders with fascism virus. Hansraj Ahir, MoS Home, now wants to shoot doctors after comparing them with naxals. Watch. pic.twitter.com/AV2WAaEyJP
— R G P (@RamchandaniGP) 26 декабря 2017 г.
Minister threatening to shoot the doctors. Interesting country we live in @narendramodi https://t.co/dRh395mXQs
— Vijay Pahwa (@Wealth_Park) 26 декабря 2017 г.
Irresponsible utterance from union minister shri @ahir_hansraj
— फेकूचन्द (@ChandFeku) 26 декабря 2017 г.
All the striking doctors should become Naxal, so that we can kill them.
Shri @AnantkumarH
Another union minister's utterance.
We don't like word secular.
We will change the constitution made by great bhim. #BJPLies pic.twitter.com/2rCpQ1mAjH
No surprise that the doctors ran a mile when this poisonous moron showed up…https://t.co/ZGM89AlpOc via @ndtv
— Tunku Varadarajan (@tunkuv) 26 декабря 2017 г.
Oh.. "Democracy" means attending all the functions by the Hon'ble Ministers? https://t.co/xIkEx3mMof via @ndtv
— Awara 🤔 (@aawara_aatma) 26 декабря 2017 г.
Utterly disgraceful @ahir_hansraj.He shows no understanding of democracy or liberty. Would be appropriate in tinpot dictatorships not in a constitutional democracy. Am not holding my breath he gets a rebuke from the BJP or government higher ups. https://t.co/U6AQKEObHe
— Rupa Subramanya (@rupasubramanya) 26 декабря 2017 г.
