Washington: Outrage among the Hindu community in the United States over a photo tweeted by the Democratic Party in the US by Meena Harris, the niece of Kamala Harris, the vice-presidential candidate. is. The picture shows Kamala Harris as Durga Maa and the community has apologized to Meena for this. 35-year-old Meena, a lawyer by profession and author of children’s books, has now deleted that tweet.
Suhag A Shukla of the Hindu American Foundation tweeted a tweet, “The picture you shared of Mother Durga in which another face is put on her face has upset many people of the Hindu community around the world.”
This representative organization of the Hindu American community has issued guidelines regarding the commercial use of photographs related to religion. Rishi Bhoota of the Hindu American Political Action Committee said that the “outrageous” photo was not made by Meena Harris and that the picture was running on WhatsApp before she tweeted.
Bhoota said that Biden’s campaign confirmed to him that the photograph had not been made on his behalf. Ajay Shah of the American Hindus Against Defamation said in a statement that the picture was derogatory and caused displeasure among the religious community. The photo depicts Kamala Harris as Durga Maa who is assassinating US President Donald Trump, who is projected as Mahishasura.
