Tie Arundhati Roy to jeep, says Paresh Rawal, faces Twitter flak

New Delhi May 22 (IANS) Veteran actor and parliamentarian Paresh Rawal has attracted a lot of flak on Twitter for saying the army should tie author Arundhati Roy to an army jeep instead of tying a stone pelter.

Instead of tying a stone pelter on the army jeep tie Arundhati Roy Rawal tweeted on Sunday night.

Twitter users termed Rawal s tweet as offensive and incited violence.

Hitting out at the actor-BJP MP Congress General Secretary Digivijaya Singh said: Why not (tie) the person who stitched the PDP-BJP alliance?

In a sarcasm-laced tweet author Rana Ayyub said: And you want to call him just a fringe? He s a high profile actor an MP from Gujarat and a Padma Shri. God bless his constituency.

Btw (By the way) I don t agree with a lot that Arundhati says or does. But disagree more with violence. Your physical threats lose you all moral debates wrote author and comedian Sorabh Pant.

Rawal is a Member of Parliament from Ahmedabad East constituency.

Another Twitter user Ziya Us Salam said Rawal s comment about a woman were shameful.

@SirPareshRawal Your acting was often commendable but your prejudiced mindset is condemnable. Telling the army to hide behind a brave woman is shameful he tweeted.

IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt tweeted in support of Arundhati: If Arundhati has to be tied on the army jeep I would love to be tied in front of her as I agree with most things she has said on Kashmir.

Arundhati Roy an award-winning writer has always been vocal about Kashmir issues.

Rawal s comment comes after an army officer tied a Kashmiri youth to the front of an army jeep as a human shield to avoid stone pelting during an army patrol in Budgam district on an election day in April. The incident received widespread condemnation.

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