Lawmaker shows up dressed up as Hitler

Indian lawmaker Naramalli Sivaprasad is known for dressing up to make a statement. The member of the Telugu Desam Party has repeatedly shown up to parliament in various costumes to protest Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s refusal to give his state more funds for development. Ensembles have included that of a magician, Hindu deity, folk dancer and schoolboy.

“Modi is the bad boy of the class,” Sivaprasad reportedly said in April, while holding a notebook, pencil and ruler, according to the Indian news site First Post.

On Thursday, the former film actor took his form of protest to another degree when he appeared in parliament dressed as Adolf Hitler, wearing a Nazistyle uniform and toothbrush mustache. Sivaprasad performed a Nazi salute for reporters and told them that his outfit was a warning to Modi, according to the Associated Press.

“I was greedy for power and as a result became responsible for World War II, which resulted in the death of several [tens of millions of] people and I also killed myself,” Sivaprasad said impersonating Hitler, according to the Guardian.

“My suggestion to Modi is not to go down that way,” he added.

The AP said the stunt did not spark any outrage among other legislators.

The impersonation of the German dictator responsible for the deaths of millions of people during World War II, including the extermination of approximately 6 million Jews, sparked little Indonesian President Joko Widodo and his wife, Iriana Joko Widodo, disembark from the aircraft after their arrival at Colombo, Sri Lanka, in January.

outrage in a country where Hitler is not as incendiary a topic as in other places. India has a history of using Hitler’s name for branding in stores, restaurants and television shows.

a Russian ex-spy in Britain.

According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, which reported details of the call while the State Department had no immediate comment, Lavrov told Pompeo there is no proof Russia played a role in the March attack on the former Kremlin spy, Sergei Skripal.

Under U.S. law, the Trump administration is required to impose new sanctions when governments are determined to have used chemical or biological weapons. London and Washington have blamed Moscow, saying Skripal and his daughter were attacked with the Russian nerve agent Novichok.

“The Russian side voiced categorical disagreement with the new sanctions recently announced by Washington with reference to some allegedly existing information on Russia’s involvement in the so-called Skripal case,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement posted on its website.