BJP Targets Dia Mirza, Naseeruddin Shah Over Selective Green Activism

The BJP on Tuesday accused actors Dia Mirza and Naseeruddin Shah of "selective outrage" on environmental concerns, alleging that they remain silent on pollution-related matters during festivals of other religions but flag Hindu festivals. 

Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters, BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said, "There is selective messaging. You say that people should take care of the environment. 

But when Eid and Bakrid come, and there is water pollution because goats are slaughtered, people like Naseeruddin Shah and Dia Mirza do not utter a



word."

Bhatia was asked about the Bombay High Court expressing its "deep pain and displeasure" with a controversy over a video of Mirza for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) eco-friendly and firecracker-free Diwali campaign, and asked the civic body to re-upload her clip. 

Maintaining that he did not see the high court order and therefore would not comment on it, the BJP spokesman said some people who raise concerns over environmental protection and noise pollution during Hindu festivals remain silent when festivals of other religions are celebrated.