Questioning Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani's appointment, TMC MP Jawhar Sircar tweeted, "Hardcore Hindu, married to a Parsi given charge of Muslims, Christians.
Is this BJP's secularism?" Kiren Rijiju replied, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Jain and Parsis are all minority communities, adding, "I hope one can free mind from the shackles of pseudo secularism & appeasement politics."