Dance is Not Jihad: Supports Pours on Students Dance, After Communal Remarks

Kerala: Support and love from across India poured for Naveen K Razak and Janaki Omkumar, both medical students belong to different religions from Thrissur who faced communal remarks after their dance video went viral on social media. Which was uploaded by Naveen K Razak on his Instagram account.

In the video, Naveen K Razak and Janaki Omkumar can be seen dancing to the song, Rasputinby the Euro-Caribbean band Boney M.

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Communal Remarks

After a communal remark by Krishna Raj, advocate, who shared his views against the dance. Claiming that he smells something wrong, he asked Janaki’s parents to be careful. Krishna Raj also mention a case wherein; a dental student has allegedly changed her name from Nimisha to Fathima after the marriage with a Muslim man.

Reacting to his communal remarks, support and love from across India poured for Naveen K Razak and Janaki Omkumar, by including politicians and students from various colleges.

Shashi Tharoor, MP wrote on his tweet… “These kids deserve applause and encouragement, instead of the Hindutva venom being spewed at them because of their different religions. They ooze both talent & comradeship, the best of Young India. And they will make empathetic doctors one day”

It gets even better! Now half a dozen other medical students at the same college have come out to dance in their support! #Respect #Applause #danceIsNotjihad pic.twitter.com/DApteTf4WH
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) April 10, 2021

Comrade Fasal and Comrade Sreelakshmi from Nirmala College campus.
🔥 It’s catching on!
Courtesy : Nirmala College SFI Unit

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— Mini Nair (@minicnair) April 10, 2021

A spectre is haunting haters in Kerala. A Rasputin spectre 😂

So these Thrissur medical college students have come up with another dance video, with more students joining in to protest hatred. Hatemongers shouldn't forget that this is Kerala pic.twitter.com/BGyVwcPLUa
— Puncturewala (@mallucomrade) April 9, 2021

#stepagainsthatred More power to you guys! It youngsters like you who will change the narrative of the naysayers! Bring it on haters, the next gen are out to bring the much needed change! ❤️❤️ And never stop dancing ! https://t.co/opm8yxaDmE
— Vandana Mahajan (@oceanblue11oct) April 9, 2021

After the toxic love Jehad outrage on Naveen’s last name, Naveen and Janaki are back with friends too this time. #StepAgainstHatred is an answer by Junior Doctors to the hate that is engulfing us!

I wish I could join you doctors! Lovely! pic.twitter.com/ZyYRXLA5jk
— Dr Pooja Tripathi (@Pooja_Tripathii) April 10, 2021

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