If Needed, The Lion Will Bite Also: Anupam Kher Reacts To National Emblem Controversy

Bollywood actor Anupam Kher reacted to the ongoing row over the national emblem cast atop the new Parliament building.   

Bollywood actor Anupam Kher reacted to the ongoing row over the national emblem cast atop the new Parliament building.   

Bollywood actor Anupam Kher reacted to the ongoing row over the national emblem cast atop the new Parliament building.   

Anupam Kher tweeted a video of Pradhan Mantri Sangrahalaya and wrote: "If the lion has got teeth, it will, of course, show them. This is, after all, the lion of independent India. If needed, the lion will bite also. Jai Hind."

Several Opposition parties and activists across the country have accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Central government of 'distorting' the emblem by replacing the "graceful and regally confident" Ashokan lions with those having menacing and aggressive posture.  

Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri too took to Twitter to express his views on the ongoing controversy. He wrote: ““#UrbanNaxals want a silent lion without teeth. So that they can use it as a pet."  

In another tweet, he wrote, “The new #NationalEmblem at the #CentralVista has proved one thing that #UrbanNaxals can be fooled just by changing the angle. Specially the LOW angle."  

Artists Sunil Deore and Romiel Moses who designed the bronze emblem claimed that the original design has not been changed and the difference is due to the low angle.  

Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri responded to all the accusations in a series of tweets. In one of the tweets, he wrote: “If an exact replica of the original were to be placed on the new building, it would barely be visible beyond the peripheral rail. The ‘experts’ should also know that the original placed in Sarnath is at ground level while the new emblem is at a height of 33 mtrs from the ground."  

PM Modi had on Monday unveiled the cast of the national emblem atop the new Parliament building.