Bollywood actor Paresh Rawal landed in a controversy on Monday after he tweeted that writer Arundhati Roy should be tied…
Arundhati Roy (PHOTO: Facebook)
Bollywood actor Paresh Rawal landed in a controversy on Monday after he tweeted that writer Arundhati Roy should be tied to the front of an Army jeep instead of a stone-pelter.
“Instead of tying a stone-pelter on the army jeep, tie Arundhati Roy,” he said in a tweet late on Sunday. He was apparently saying this with regard to the ‘human shield’ controversy in Kashmir, which Roy had criticised.
A video went viral last month showing a young man tied to the front of an Indian Army vehicle as ‘human shield’ in Budgam district of Central Kashmir, as a loud warning to stone-pelters as well as a measure to avoid stones from the protesters.
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However Rawal’s comments drew flack from many Twitter users with some seeing it as an attempt to incite violence by an elected public representative.
"@SirPareshRawal Your acting was often commendable but your prejudiced mindset is condemnable. Telling d army to hide behind a brave woman is shameful," ziya us salam @ziyaussalam, a Twitter user said.
"Member of Parliament inciting mobs!," Swati Chaturvedi said on Twitter.
A National Award-winning actor, Padma Shri Paresh Rawal became a Member of Parliament (MP) from the Ahmedabad East constituency during the 2014 general election.
Arundhati Roy became a household name in 1997 when her novel The God of Small Things won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Since then, she has been an extremely vocal political activist.
(With inputs from agencies)
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