Actor-politician Paresh Rawal summoned by Kolkata police over 'cook fish for Bengalis' statement
At a rally, he claimed that Gujaratis will put up with inflation but not the “Bangladeshis and Rohingya” living next door. He apologised on Friday after receiving a massive backlash.
Paresh Rawal
Actor-turned-politician Paresh Rawal, who is campaigning in Gujarat for the BJP, stirred up fresh controversy with his remarks towards Bengalis.
At a rally, he claimed that Gujaratis will put up with inflation but not the “Bangladeshis and Rohingya” living next door. He apologised on Friday after receiving a massive backlash.
However, he has been summoned by Kolkata police over his comment.
The actor apparently targeted Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal.
Rawal said, “He would come in a private plane here and then sit in a rickshaw to show off. We have spent a lifetime in acting but even we have not seen such a nautankiwala. And plenty of abuses against Hindus. He had offered Biryani in Shaheen Bagh.”
Many people criticised him by calling it “hate speech” aimed at Bengalis, while several others described it as “xenophobic dog-whistling” against the Bangladeshi and Rohingya.
After huge criticism, Rawal took to Twitter and issued an apology this morning, by saying that he meant “illegal Bangladeshis.”
He tweeted, “Of course the fish is not the issue AS GUJARATIS DO COOK AND EAT FISH. BUT LET ME CLARIFY BY BENGALI I MEANT ILLEGAL BANGLA DESHI N ROHINGYA. BUT STILL IF I HAVE HURT YOUR FEELINGS AND SENTIMENTS I DO APOLOGISE.”
of course the fish is not the issue AS GUJARATIS DO COOK AND EAT FISH . BUT LET ME CLARIFY BY BENGALI I MEANT ILLEGAL BANGLA DESHI N ROHINGYA. BUT STILL IF I HAVE HURT YOUR FEELINGS AND SENTIMENTS I DO APOLOGISE.https://t.co/MQZ674wTzq
— Paresh Rawal (@SirPareshRawal)December 2, 2022
The post came in response to a user who demanded clarification, “Fish shouldn’t have been the topic. He needs to clarify.”
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