On Thursday, October 23, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra once again found herself in the centre of a storm after she appeared to endorse a Christian extremist’s hateful remarks against Hindus and India’s most loved festival, Diwali. The MP, who has a long record of making controversial and divisive comments, triggered widespread anger after she responded to a deeply offensive post on X (formerly Twitter) by simply saying “I agree.”

The post she agreed with was not just another casual comment — it was a deliberate attack on the Indian community and Hindu culture. The extremist account had tweeted,
“Just like that, we’ve let braindead fucking Indians turn our beautiful Western countries into total shitholes with their retarded Diwali garbage that has zero to do with us.”
Instead of condemning such racist and hateful language, Mahua Moitra responded with “I agree”, giving implicit approval to an online rant that mocked the very faith and traditions of millions of Hindus across the world.

Her response came at a time when the Hindu festival of lights was already under attack online. What should have been a global moment of joy and celebration had turned into an ugly display of racist abuse and Hinduphobic hatred, particularly on social media platforms in the West. Diwali, a festival symbolizing the victory of light over darkness, was being dragged into the filth of racial and religious hatred by individuals who hid behind the mask of “free speech.”

Across various online platforms, self-proclaimed Christian nationalists and white supremacists used Diwali as a pretext to launch coordinated attacks on Hindus and Indians. They flooded timelines with bigoted slurs, painting the celebration as “foreign garbage” and ridiculing Indian culture as inferior. These actions exposed the hypocrisy of Western liberal circles that often preach “freedom of religion” while tolerating such open discrimination against Hindus.

The online hatred did not stop with anonymous trolls. Even respected public figures who wished others on Diwali became targets. When FBI Director Kash Patel, a practising Hindu, posted a simple and dignified Diwali greeting, the backlash he received was alarming. He was accused of “promoting the festivals of foreign gods” and “demonic worship.” Some extremists demanded his deportation, while others stooped to calling Hindu deities “false gods” and “sand demons.” The sheer venom in these responses revealed how deep anti-Hindu bias runs beneath Western social spaces that claim to be inclusive and progressive.

A similar wave of hate targeted Tulsi Gabbard, a Hindu Congresswoman and U.S. military veteran, when she extended Diwali greetings. Her message of goodwill was met with online abuse, mockery, and racist jeers telling her to “move to India.” The attacks on her were not isolated incidents but rather part of a pattern — an organized attempt to insult and humiliate any confident expression of Hindu identity, especially in Western nations where Hindus are now seen as successful and assertive.

In this larger context, Mahua Moitra’s “I agree” response takes on a far more serious meaning. It was not an offhand comment or a slip of the finger; it appeared to endorse the same racist and Hinduphobic narrative that seeks to belittle Hindu beliefs and India’s cultural identity. Her action, therefore, was not only irresponsible but deeply shameful for an elected Indian parliamentarian.

Unfortunately, this incident is not an exception in Moitra’s political journey. It fits a pattern of anti-Hindu rhetoric that she has repeatedly exhibited. Earlier this year, on August 28, she was caught making derogatory comments against Hindus, especially the Namasudra community. In a viral video shared by BJP leader Amit Malviya, Moitra was heard mocking Hindus in Bengali, saying,
“All year you are Trinamooli, and during elections Sanatani?”
Her statement implied that one cannot be both a Hindu and a TMC supporter — an insult that alienated many of her own constituents.

She went further, ridiculing members of marginalized Hindu groups such as the Scheduled Castes, Namasudras, Matuas, and the Vaishnav community. She mocked their faith by deriding the sacred Kanthi Mala, saying they were “wearing a wooden mala and coming to take doles.” Such language from a sitting MP struck many as deeply offensive and casteist. The Bharatiya Janata Party slammed her remarks as “anti-Hindu, casteist hate speech” and demanded her resignation. Amit Malviya accused her of spreading “communal venom” and urged the affected communities to seek accountability.

The controversy came soon after another disturbing episode where Moitra reportedly made shocking comments calling for the beheading of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Taken together, these incidents reveal a disturbing pattern of contempt and hatred that Mahua Moitra has repeatedly displayed — not only against political opponents but against the faith and traditions of the majority of her own country.

Mahua Moitra’s strange clarification adds mockery to outrage instead of remorse

On October 23, hours after endorsing a Christian extremist’s attack on Diwali, Mahua Moitra attempted to do damage control. Facing massive backlash on social media, the TMC MP posted what she called a clarification — but instead of accepting fault, she added mockery and sarcasm to an already tense situation.

Moitra claimed that her “I agree” reply was a mistake. She insisted that she had intended to comment on a different post altogether — a video that appeared just below the racist one in her feed. She deleted her original comment after the outrage and posted an explanation that read:
“Just clarifying my twitter feed was showing a lot of videos and I meant to say ‘I agree’ to a video just below the racist one by some Nate. My mistake. Travelling & didn’t check till now. Thanks @RShivshankar for calling me out but was a genuine mistake. Sorry trolls.”

Her words did little to calm the anger. For many, this explanation sounded more like mockery than apology. The phrase “Sorry trolls” was seen as a deliberate dig at those questioning her motives, showing that she wasn’t apologizing out of sincerity but out of arrogance. The excuse — that she accidentally agreed with a racist post — was widely dismissed as unbelievable, given her history of anti-Hindu rhetoric.

Social media users were quick to call out the insincerity of her clarification. One X user commented,
“It’s okay, looks like your phone did an override and wrote ‘I agree’ on its own. Your past record absolutely doesn’t suggest that you can do such thing.”

Another remarked sarcastically,
“Should’ve gone with ‘someone hacked my account’ or ‘intern had control and posted that tweet’. Would’ve sold much better as a justification, just saying.”

Her supposed apology only reinforced the perception that she holds contempt for Hindu beliefs and those who question her actions. Rather than displaying humility or taking responsibility, Mahua Moitra chose to double down with sarcasm, deepening public outrage. This attitude has become characteristic of her political persona — dismissive, mocking, and unapologetically combative, even when she is in the wrong.

Seen in continuity with her previous statements and controversies, this incident further cements her image as one of the most polarizing figures in Indian politics, whose repeated attacks on Hindu culture have crossed every line of decency. What could have been an opportunity for introspection turned into another instance of arrogance, highlighting how little respect Mahua Moitra shows for the sentiments of the people she claims to represent.