Mumbai: Bollywood stars Varun Dhawan, Rajkummar Rao, and Kriti Sanon have criticised a YouTuber for his racially abusive remarks in direction of Arunachal Pradesh MLA Ninong Ering.
Paras Singh, who goes by the title ‘Paras Official’ on his YouTube channel, had in a video posted on Sunday termed Congress MLA Ninong Ering a non-Indian and claimed the “state was a part of China”, sparking furore amongst Arunchalees in addition to folks from different elements of the nation.
Singh, who was arrested in Ludhiana on Tuesday, was apparently incensed with Ering after the Congress MLA wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking for a ban on the re-launch of PUBG Mobile India’s new avatar Battlegrounds Mobile India.
Filmmaker Amar Kaushik, identified for motion pictures “Stree” and “Bala”, was the primary from the movie trade to criticise Singh for his remarks.
“Being ignorant about your country and its region is stupidity in itself, but when that ignorance is expressed in an offensive manner, it becomes toxic. We all need to call out and condemn such ignorance in one voice and make all idiots understand that IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE ANYMORE,” he wrote on his Instagram Stories.
Dhawan and Sanon, who stars in Kaushik’s upcoming film “Bhediya”, which was shot in Arunachal Pradesh, shared the filmmaker’s submit on their respective Instagram Stories.
“Having spent so much time in Arunachal Pradesh, it’s time we educate ourselves and others about how wrong this is,” Dhawan wrote.
Sanon stated it’s excessive time folks begin respecting each particular person of the nation with “equal respect”.
“What’s wrong with people!! It’s high time we treat every individual and every region of our country with equal respect. A Thank you for talking about this @amarkaushik,” she wrote in her submit.
Rao, who labored with Kaushik for the 2018 horror-comedy ‘Stree’, merely shared the filmmaker’s submit.
“Totally Unacceptable,” wrote, ‘Pataal Lok’ star Abhishek Banerjee on his Instagram account alongside Kaushik’s submit.
Singh had apologised for his remarks in one more YouTube video on Monday.
Ludhiana Police, underneath shut monitoring of Arunachal Police, arrested him after tracing his whereabouts. He was additionally charged with inciting sick will and hatred in direction of the folks of the northeastern state.
