New Delhi: Actor Siddharth’s tweet on Badminton star Siana Nehwal’s concern over the PM security breach recently in Punjab has surfaced controversy over outright sexist overtones.
Ms Nehwal had raised concerns over PM Modi’s convoy’s being stopped for some 20 minutes on a flyover in Punjab’s Bathinda as the road was blocked by protesting farmers last week.
Amid massive outrage over actor Siddharth’s ‘sexist’ tweet targeting ace shuttler Saina Nehwal, Union law minister Kiren Rijiu on Tuesday expressed solidarity with his fellow BJP leader, saying that a ‘cheap comment’ on her exposes the person’s ‘ignoble mentality.’
Taking to twitter, Rijiju tweeted “India is proud of @NSaina for her outstanding contributions in making India a sporting powerhouse. She is a steadfast patriot besides being an Olympic medalist. Making a cheap comment on such an icon personality depicts a person’s ignoble mentality,
Siddharth, who has worked in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films, finds himself in the eye of the storm over his response to Nehwal’s condemnation of the breach in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s security in Punjab last week. Responding to her tweet, he posted, “Subtle cock champion of the world…Thank God we have protectors of India.”
After the tweet, on Monday, received widespread attention and condemnation on social media, he issued a clarification, tweeting, “COCK and BULL. That’s the reference. Reading otherwise is unfair and leading! Nothing disrespectful was intended, said or insinuated. Period.”
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