{"id":107869,"date":"2021-11-30T16:32:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T11:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=107869"},"modified":"2021-11-30T16:32:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T11:02:29","slug":"bjps-poster-on-campaign-for-slum-dwellers-misuses-tamil-author-perumal-murugans-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/bjps-poster-on-campaign-for-slum-dwellers-misuses-tamil-author-perumal-murugans-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"BJP&#8217;s poster on campaign for slum dwellers misuses Tamil author Perumal Murugan&#8217;s photo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BJP leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JPNadda\/status\/1465337353484996609\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JP Nadda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adeshguptabjp\/status\/1465346853713547270\/photo\/3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adesh Gupta<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/M_Lekhi\/status\/1465314391436398594\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meenakshi Lekhi<\/a> tweeted pictures of themselves addressing people on the conclusion of BJP Delhi&#8217;s campaign for slum dwellers &#8220;Jhuggi Samman Yatra&#8221;. The poster for the campaign is visible in these pictures. The poster shows several &#8220;slum dwellers&#8221; and among them is Tamil author Perumal Murugan. His headshot has been highlighted in the posters below.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-107869 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/bjps-poster-on-campaign-for-slum-dwellers-misuses-tamil-author-perumal-murugans-photo\/ce6a4bda-b5f4-4c77-9c04-9ad1fa621ab0\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1706\" height=\"796\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/ce6a4bda-b5f4-4c77-9c04-9ad1fa621ab0.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/ce6a4bda-b5f4-4c77-9c04-9ad1fa621ab0.jpg 1706w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/ce6a4bda-b5f4-4c77-9c04-9ad1fa621ab0-300x140.jpg 300w, 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https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/ccf74100-14f6-4e3f-b6a9-588feb3736bd-768x395.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/ccf74100-14f6-4e3f-b6a9-588feb3736bd-1536x789.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1785px) 100vw, 1785px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>BJP Delhi had also tweeted the same poster in October on the commencement of the campaign.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0906\u091c \u092a\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0924\u0903 10 \u092c\u091c\u0947 \u091c\u0935\u093e\u0939\u0930 \u0915\u0948\u092e\u094d\u092a,\u0915\u0940\u0930\u094d\u0924\u093f \u0928\u0917\u0930 \u0907\u0902\u0921\u0938\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u093f\u092f\u0932 \u090f\u0930\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0938\u0947 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0905\u0927\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0937 \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adeshguptabjp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@adeshguptabjp<\/a> \u0915\u0947 \u0928\u0947\u0924\u0943\u0924\u094d\u0935 \u092e\u0947\u0902 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JhuggiSammanYatra?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JhuggiSammanYatra<\/a> \u0928\u093f\u0915\u0932\u0947\u0917\u0940 \u091c\u093f\u0938\u0915\u093e \u0936\u0941\u092d\u093e\u0930\u0902\u092d \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u092d\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PandaJay?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PandaJay<\/a> \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947\u0964<\/p>\n<p>Watch it live on-<br \/>\n\u25cf<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gJXAwCdJGy\">https:\/\/t.co\/gJXAwCdJGy<\/a><br \/>\n\u25cf<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hRBzdtm3TK\">https:\/\/t.co\/hRBzdtm3TK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qaSTQTSfe6\">pic.twitter.com\/qaSTQTSfe6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BJP Delhi (@BJP4Delhi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BJP4Delhi\/status\/1448856411094413318?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Tamil author Perumal Murugan&#8217;s photo misused by BJP<\/h4>\n<p>The New York Times had used the photo that found its place on BJP&#8217;s poster.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The true pleasure of Perumal Murugan&#8217;s latest book lies in his adept explorations of male and female relationships <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UXQehqHfhS\">https:\/\/t.co\/UXQehqHfhS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Times Books (@nytimesbooks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimesbooks\/status\/1054028540323250178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Murugan also responded to his image being used. &#8220;I belong to the slums,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=1304944516607674&amp;id=100012764135401\" data-width=\"500\" 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