It was a mistake, let s bury it: Sikkim MP
New Delhi Sep 14 (IANS) Sikkim MP Prem Das Rai on Thursday said Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra s comment that the state was insurgency-troubled was a mistake and there was no need to sensationalise the issue.
During an interview at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) where she was promoting her Sikkimese film "Pahuna: The Little Visitors" the National Award winning actress called the hilly state "insurgency troubled". She faced backlash for the comment.
Rai said she should be forgiven.
"She definitely doesn t have her facts correct. Sikkim has been an insurgency free state for three decades but she didn t know that " he said. "She has made some regrets about it.
"She is a star in her own right and Sikkim is a star in its own right. We should bury this issue without sensationalising it any further " he added.
According to Rai what Chopra said was a mistake and this was not the general perception of Sikkim in mainland India.
"She is travelling internationally is perhaps why she doesn t have much knowledge about what is happening here back in India.
"We should not make a mountain out of a molehill. Yes she made a factually incorrect statement about an Indian state on the international platform but everybody makes mistakes. It s okay " he said.
--IANS
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