‘Azadi’ slogans were raised at the Delhi Queer pride parade held in the national capital yesterday.
#delhiqueerpride
Tum kuch bhi kar lo…
Tum police bula lo…
Hum lad ke lenge…
Sanghvaad se…
Pitrusatta se…
AZAADI!! pic.twitter.com/uVaE9N3ze4— Bodhisattva Sen Roy (@insenroy) November 24, 2019
In a video clip shared by journalist Bodhisattva Sen Roy, one can hear the chants of ‘Kashmir maangey azadi’, ‘tum police bulao, tum goli chalao, lathi maaro, tum goli chalao… azadi’.
Read: Dear fellow LGBTQ members, this was a hate parade, not a pride march
Placards which read ‘Bharat Mata wants a girlfriend’ were also spotted at the Delhi Queer Pride parade.
same bharat mata. same.#delhipride #delhiqueerpride pic.twitter.com/exQaDC6rOA
— kweer kid (@KidKweer) November 24, 2019
And some more political slogans targeting the Prime Minister.
Sometimes oppressors disguise their oppression under a push for equality. #StopTransBill #DelhiQueerPride #DelhiQueerPride2019 #equality4all #equality #genderjustice #genderequality #queerpride #delhi #india #modi #narendramodj pic.twitter.com/eRo4PFQA0K
— en(gender)ed podcast (@engenderedpod) November 24, 2019
Apparently, mocking the Prime Minister during gay pride parade is a ‘perfect response’.
#delhiqueerpride these guys have the perfect response to all the pyaar ke dushman pic.twitter.com/hUGkBxzDJj
— Bodhisattva Sen Roy (@insenroy) November 24, 2019
And of course, ‘saffron’ is colour of hate.
I also support LGBT Community?, bt What is Mean Rainbows Over Saffron? Easy trick h Attention Gain Karne Ka?… I Against This Lady Or whatever Is She nd Illogical Poster ?????? #LGBT #delhipride pic.twitter.com/G9ea4wIyqZ
— Prerna Shree (@prerna_shree) November 24, 2019
#DelhiPride pic.twitter.com/U9G6ZEKJ9A
— Varsha (@emocancerian) November 24, 2019
This is not a new phenomena. Every time it is the same rhetoric. Which is ironic since the historic judgement where the Supreme Court on Sept 6th 2018 decriminalised homosexuality by partially striking down the colonial era provisions of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code during the Narendra Modi-led NDA government. Had BJP government opposed the case in the Supreme Court as earlier governments had been doing, the ruling would have never come.
