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As Assam Minister Ashok Singhal’s “Bihar approves Gobi farming” remark sparked a enactment with Opposition leaders alleging it was “glorifying” the sidesplitting of Muslims successful Bhagalpur successful 1989, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor connected Sunday (November 16, 2025) condemned the societal media post, saying neither the Hindu religion nor nationalism justifies oregon condones specified massacres, fto unsocial applauds them.
“Bihar approves Gobi farming,” Mr. Singhal had posted connected X connected Friday (November 14, 2025) with an representation of a cauliflower tract aft the NDA triumph successful Assembly polls. It evoked a beardown effect from galore online who said the cauliflower representation was an evident notation to the 1989 Bhagalpur unit successful Bihar, successful which galore Muslims were killed and buried successful farmland wherever cauliflower saplings were aboriginal planted to conceal the bodies.
Bihar approves Gobi farming ✅ pic.twitter.com/SubrTQ0Mu5
— Ashok Singhal (@TheAshokSinghal) November 14, 2025An X idiosyncratic replied to Mr. Singhal’s post, saying that a Cabinet Minister, nary less, is “glorifying the massacre of 116 Muslims to observe an predetermination victory”.
He tagged Mr. Tharoor and asked if the elder Congress person could get a fewer influential Hindu leaders to condemn this “normalisation of 1 of the worst pogroms perpetuated against Bihari Muslims”.
Responding to the post, Mr. Tharoor said, “I’m not a assemblage organiser, truthful associated statements are not my job. But arsenic a passionate advocator of #InclusiveIndia and a arrogant Hindu, I tin talk for myself, and for astir Hindus I know, successful saying that neither our religion nor our nationalism requires, justifies, oregon condones specified massacres, fto unsocial applauds them.”
I'm not a assemblage organiser, truthful associated statements are not my job. But arsenic a passionate advocator of #InclusiveIndia and a arrogant Hindu, I tin talk for myself, and for astir Hindus I know, successful saying that neither our religion nor our nationalism requires, justifies oregon condones such… https://t.co/Wd1tprR3r6
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) November 16, 2025When different idiosyncratic said that helium did not condemn the post, Mr. Tharoor responded, “That's precisely what I did! I condemned it.”
On Saturday (November 15, 2025), Congress person Gaurav Gogoi said the usage of “gobi farming” imagery by a sitting Cabinet Minister of Assam successful the aftermath of the Bihar predetermination results marks a shocking caller debased successful governmental discourse.
“It is some vulgar and shameful. The representation is wide associated with the Logain massacre of 1989, wherever 116 Muslims were killed and their bodies concealed nether cauliflower plantations during the Bhagalpur violence,” Mr. Gogoi said.
To invoke specified a calamity successful this mode shows however acold immoderate are consenting to descend successful nationalist life, helium said.
“This mindset is promoted by his boss, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The Chief Minister has a hatred for Indian minorities. This is not what Assam is. Assam is the onshore of Mahapurush Sankardev, Lachit Borphukan, and Azaan Pir. And adjacent twelvemonth the radical of Assam volition extremity the regularisation of hatred and greed,” helium said.
TMC MP Saket Gokhale besides slammed the post.
“‘Gobi farming’ refers to glorifying the wide sidesplitting of Muslims successful Bhagalpur, Bihar, successful 1989. A cauliflower workplace was planted connected the graves to fell evidence. This is Modi's BJP Minister from Assam. Not immoderate fringe element,” helium said connected Saturday (November 15, 2025).
“Clearly, @PMOIndia approves this. The satellite should know,” the TMC person said connected X.
