What? Shilpa Shinde gets rape threats for supporting Navjot Singh Sidhu
MUMBAI: Actress turned politician Shilpa Shinde, who rose to fame with her role of Angoori Bhabhi in &TV’s Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hai and is also the winner of Bigg Boss 11, has got rape threats for supporting Navjot Singh Sidhu.
Navjot Singh Sidhu’s statement after the Pulwama Terror attack, which happened on 14 February, did not go down well with people and soon there was a trend to boycott The Kapil Sharma Show on Twitter. Sony TV responded promptly by sacking Sidhu.
He was condemned when he said, “For a ‘handful of people’, can you blame the entire nation and can you blame an individual? It (the attack) is a cowardly act and I condemn it firmly. Violence is always condemnable and those who did it must be punished.”
Shilpa came out in support of Sidhu. She said to a portal, “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 victim of this ban culture, so know what’s wrong with it.”
“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 added.
Shilpa Shinde’s statement and she coming out in support of Sidhu too did not go down well with some section of people. Post her statement, she has been criticised and even received rape threats online. The actress said to media that she is going to take legal action. She also stressed on the fact that it is high time that the authorities crack down people who harass other women.