New Delhi: Days after questioning the Supreme Court’s order to allow green firecrackers in Delhi-NCR, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has waded into fresh controversy by backing a Canadian vlogger’s social media post that mocked Diwali and called Indians “brain dead.”

Moitra attempted to make amends by deleting her “I Agree” post, but the damage has been done by then. Despite issuing a clarification, the MP from Krishnanagar in West Bengal’s Nadia district, is facing widespread criticism. ADVERTISEMENT

Moitra said she had mistakenly endorsed the offensive video while travelling, clarifying that she had intended to agree with a different post.

On Thursday, Nate, the vlogger with the X handle CelticAshes, supposedly associated with an extremist Christian group, posted a video showing

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