Siddharth draws flak for 'sexist' remark to Saina Nehwal; clarifies his position
Tribune Web Desk
Chandigarh, January 10
Tamil actor Siddharth has once again found himself in the middle of a raging controversy.
Siddharth, a vocal critic of the ruling establishment, recently responded to a tweet by Saina Nehwal, India’s star shuttler who’s now a Bharatiya Janata Party leader. Nehwal’s tweet condemned last week’s “security breach” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s convoy in Ferozepur.
Nehwal said in the tweet: “No nation can claim itself to be safe if the security of its own PM gets compromised. I condemn, in the strongest words possible, the cowardly attack on PM Modi by anarchists. #BharatStandsWithModi #PMModi”
In response, Siddharth said: “Subtle cock champion of the world… Thank God we have protectors of India. Shame on you”—a tweet people took to be “sexist”.
Siddharth later clarified that it was a reference to the English phrase “cock-and-bull”, meaning something that’s made up.
But that mollified neither the Twitterati nor apparently the National Commission for Women, which demanded a report from the Maharashtra Director General of Police.
Subtle cock champion of the world… Thank God we have protectors of India. 🙏🏽
Shame on you #Rihanna https://t.co/FpIJjl1Gxz
— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) January 6, 2022
Wrote to @DGPMaharashtra and @TwitterIndia to take action against @Actor_Siddharth. https://t.co/qEBaFNQ2Lq pic.twitter.com/KGMjoN0JJz
— Rekha Sharma (@sharmarekha) January 10, 2022
