'Don't Touch Me': Netizens Fume After Religious Preacher Calls Man ‘Untouchable' | Watch

After seeing this discriminatory behavior, people started expressing anger on social media.

Screengrab of the viral video of Pandit Dhirendra Krishna Shastri was seen calling a man “untouchable” (Source: Twitter/@VOYItTeam)

New Delhi: In a video going viral on the internet, a religious preacher, identified as Pandit Dhirendra Krishna Shastri, was seen calling a man “untouchable” when the man tried to touch the preacher's feet, Dhirendra Krishna Shastri leaned back, saying “Don’t touch me, you are untouchable”.

After seeing this discriminatory behavior, people started expressing anger on social media. People started demanding that there should be an FIR against Pandit Dhirendra Krishna Shastri. Even #ArrestDhirendraShastri was trending on Twitter.

Tweeting this video, a user wrote, that Brahmin priest and storyteller Pandit Dhirendra Krishna Shastri discriminates in public and openly says, "Don't touch me you are untouchable". "Will the police register an FIR against this Casteist person," he added.

#Untouchability Caste Brahmin priest and storyteller Pandit Dhirendra Krishna Shastri practices untouchability in public, he is openly telling a person "Don't touch me you are untouchable"

Will the police register an FIR against this Casteist person? pic.twitter.com/jp8i3cpQk9

— Voice of Bahujan Samaj (@VOYItTeam) May 26, 2022

Even before this, he has been embroiled in controversy due to his statement. He once told the stage, "If you don’t wake up now then you will have to suffer it in your village also, so it is requested that everyone unite and get bulldozers run at the house of stone-throwers. In some days we are also going to buy bulldozers and one who will throw stones at Sanatani Mahatmas, Saints and Indian Sanatani Hindus and will run bulldozers at his house."

I thought this was parody! It’s not, it’s a bigot in fancy dress pretending to be brave. Talking of bulldozers with an impunity that comes with knowing state will pad his ass. A joker called Pandit Dhirendra Krishna Shastri in Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. pic.twitter.com/YkLjQPYJ0P

— Sangita (@Sanginamby) April 19, 2022

"In the land of Sanatanis, if someone is pelting stones on Ram Navami, then all Hindus, wake up, unite, take up arms in your hands and say that we Hindus are one," he added.

Here's how people reacted on social media:

धीरेंद्र कृष्ण शास्त्री जैसे मानसिकता वाले लोगों की जगह जेल में है। #ArrestDhirendraShastripic.twitter.com/2Lp0edkPE3

— Tribal Army (@TribalArmy) May 26, 2022

मप्र के छतरपुर जिले के कथावाचक धीरेन्द्र कृष्ण शास्त्री द्वारा एक दलित व्यक्ति के साथ किया अपमानजनक व्यवहार निंदनीय है। कुछ दिनों पहले ये हिन्दू राष्ट्र बनाने के लिए एक समुदाय विशेष के घरों को गिराने की तरफ इशारा करते हुए बुलडोजर खरीदने के लिए बोल रहा था। #ArrestDhirendraShastri pic.twitter.com/DCspD2AFXy

— Hansraj Meena (@HansrajMeena) May 26, 2022