It could be aptly termed one of the biggest ironies of recent times.

While a tourism promo featuring Amitabh Bachchan invites the world to partake in Gujarat’s ‘khushboo’ by visiting the state to enjoy garba and dandiya during Navratri, a handful of Hindu organisations in the state and elsewhere have passed a shocking diktat about how Muslims will not be allowed to attend the celebrations this year because these radical groups claim it is a religious festival.