MUMBAI – Indian TV star cum politician Shilpa Shinde is receiving rape threats by social media users and is being trolled for showing support to Navjot Singh Sidhu post-Pulwama attack.
Shilpa, who joined the Congress party earlier this month, spoke about the threats she received and said that she is planning to take legal action against these baseless people.
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“I am going to take legal action. It is high time the authorities stepped in and cracked down on such elements who have also attacked several women journalists like Barkha Dutt and others. I call such people terrorists as well, for their actions are as bad as the LeT and JM guys. What wrong did Paji say? People just want to twist his lines. Where did he support terrorism? Agreed, he might have been politically correct by not criticizing his friend, Imran Khan, but you need to understand that they have played together for years. Also, why was everyone after him to say something bad about Pakistan? He hit the nail on the head by saying that, at the end of the day, issues can only be threshed out on the peace table,” she stated.
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When asked about how she feels regarding Sidhu’s ouster from Kapil Sharma’s comedy show. “I am totally against the new phenomenon of banning anyone whose views you don’t concur with. Sadly, CINTAA and other industry bodies are equally complicit in this. Everyone has the right to occupation; you can’t deny me the right to earn my livelihood. In the same vein, I also bat for the rights of Pakistani artists to work in Bollywood, purely on the basis of talent. I have been a victim of this ban culture, so know what’s wrong with it.”
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After the Pulwama attack, Sidhu received severe backlash regarding his stance on the grave situation, from people who demanded the former cricketer be sacked from Kapil’s show.
Mere liye hamesha hi desh pehle tha (For me the country had always been first)… but I stand by what I said yesterday (Friday) and I cannot blame an entire nation for an act done by a few cowards..,” Sidhu had said.
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