Kumar Vishwas slammed for comparing Narendra Modi with Lord Shiva

Zee Media Bureau

Ahmedabad: Noted danseuse Mallika Sarabhai has questioned Kumar Vishwas` views on minorities, women, and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, just a few days after joining the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Notably, poet-turned-politician Kumar Vishwas is likely to be the AAP candidate in Amethi against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. Sarabhai has raised objections to Kumar Vishwas` “anti-minority, anti-women and misogynist” views in a video on YouTube. She claimed that one video shows Vishwas calling Modi "a Shiva who is cleaning the world of poison". In a statement, the social activist said: "I believe that Aam Aadmi Party is a party where there is transparency and each individual has the right to question another individual. I would want to know if the view aired on YouTube are his own and if Kumar admits that those are his own views, I think that he needs gender sensitivity." “He compared Modi to Shivji, I want to know what that was about. Was it a paid performance,” asked Sarabhai. In 2009, Sarabhai fought elections as an Independent candidate against BJP veteran LK Advani from the Gandhinagar constituency but had lost. She has been constantly taking up the issue of oppressed and victims of the 2002 riots.