Bihar poll result: Assam Minister’s ‘cauliflower’ post stirs controversy

Bihar poll result: Assam Minister’s ‘cauliflower’ post stirs controversy

Assam Minister Ashok Singhal's 'cauliflower' post sparks outrage for allegedly referencing the 1989 Bhagalpur riots.

Assam minister’s ‘dog-whistle’ about massacre of Bihar’s Muslims after poll victory sparks outrage

NEW DELHI – Assam minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ashok Singhal has triggered widespread outrage after posting a dog-whistle referencing the massacre of Muslims during the 1989 Bhagalpur riots, shortly after the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) registered a landslide victory in Bihar. Celebrating the poll results, Singhal—who serves as Assam’s Health and Family Welfare Minister—posted on X a photograph of cauliflower cultivati…