Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]Nov 24 (ANI): Akshay Kumar has condemned Richa Chadha’s comment regarding the 2020 Galwan clash in which several Indian Army soldiers were killed.
Akshay Kumar took to Twitter to lash out at Richa and shared a screenshot of his comment. Along with the photo, he attached his statement which read, “Sad to see this. We should never be ungrateful towards our armed forces. They are there then we are today.”
Richa Chadha on Wednesday reacted to Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi’s statement that the Indian Army is ready to carry out any orders to take back Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
Lt Gen Dwivedi’s statement was made in the context of the defense minister’s previous address in which he reiterated New Delhi’s resolve to take back Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), adding that all refugees would be given their land and homes. Will get back.
Lt Gen Dwivedi said, ‘As far as the Indian Army is concerned, it will carry out any order given by the Government of India. Whenever such orders are given, we will always be ready for it.
Sharing the statement, Richa took to her Twitter handle and wrote, “Galwan says hi.”
As soon as he tweeted this, social media went into an uproar and people started criticizing him for allegedly disrespecting the army by talking about the 2020 clash between India and China.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa has hit out at Bollywood actress Richa Chadha and demanded a police case against her for her reaction to the Indian Army’s statement.
In a video statement released on Thursday, Sirsa said, “Chaddha is a third grade actress in Bollywood. She is known for posting objectionable tweets against India. She is a Congress supporter and a follower of Rahul Gandhi.
On Thursday, Richa issued an apology through a tweet.
Richa wrote, “Even though it may have been my intention in the least never, if 3 words being dragged into a controversy has hurt or offended anyone, I apologize and also say I am sorry if my words have triggered it even unknowingly. A spirit among my brothers in the military of which my own grandfather has been a glorious part. As a lieutenant colonel, he was shot in the leg in the Sino-Indian War in the 1960s. My maternal uncle was a paratrooper. It’s in my blood.
She added, “An entire family is affected when their son gets martyred or injured while saving the country which is made up of people like us and I personally know how it feels. It is an emotional issue for me.”
On Thursday morning, filmmaker Ashok Pandit filed a police complaint against Richa, saying he considered her remarks “anti-national”.
Speaking exclusively to ANI, just after filing a complaint at a local police station in Mumbai, the filmmaker said, “I, as a citizen of this country, am deeply hurt, and with me, millions and millions There are people, who have felt hurt seeing on social media… this unpleasant, seditious statement of actress Richa Chadha. I strongly condemn this, and I thought as a citizen I should file a police complaint against him. I have appealed to the police that an FIR should be registered against him and legal action should be taken against him as no one can get away with making fun of our security forces. She has made fun of the families of the security forces who lost their lives in Galwan, she is abusing our security forces.
He said, “Hence it becomes my utmost duty to file a complaint against him so that action is taken. And no one can escape by ridiculing and making fun of the security forces. We respect them, we respect their families.
He also appealed to other members of the film fraternity to come out publicly and condemn Richa’s remarks.
“I think this statement of his, this mockery of his should not be taken lightly. And I appeal to our film and television industry to condemn this heinous, anti-national act of Richa Chadha. So that tomorrow if the people of this country react against the industry, then there should be no justification for it. As far as condemnation is concerned. I am sure industry stalwarts will react to this and condemn his statement so that such acts from the industry do not happen again,’ Pandit concluded. (ANI)
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