TV actor Shweta Tiwari apologises for her controversial remark, says statement was 'misconstrued'
Bhopal/Mumbai, Jan 28: Popular TV actor Shweta Tiwari has apologised after she received backlash for allegedly hurting religious sentiments with her remark on God.
Her apology comes on the day an FIR was registered against the actor in Bhopal for her statement.
The 41-year-old actor had made the controversial statement in Bhopal on Wednesday during the promotion of her web series "Show Stopper".
A video of Tiwari's statement has gone viral on social media, in which she purportedly referred to God while speaking about her innerwear. Her co-actors were also present when she made the remark during an interaction with media persons.
The TV star, best known for her role in shows Kasautii Zindagii Kay and Parvarrish , said her statement was misconstrued .
It has come to my notice that a certain statement of mine referring to a colleague's previous role has been taken out of context and has been misconstrued. When put in context, one will understand that the statement in reference to Bhagwan' was in context with Sourabh Raj Jain's popular role of a deity.
"People associate character names to actors and hence, I used that as an example during my conversation with the media. However, it has been completely misconstrued which is saddening to see, Tiwari said in a statement issued on Friday.
She said she would never intentionally or unintentionally say or do any anything that would hurt sentiments of people at large.
I have, however, come to understand that when taken out of context, it has unintentionally hurt feelings of people. Please be assured that it has never been my intention to hurt anyone, with my words or actions. Hence, I would like to humbly apologise for the hurt that my the statement has unintentionally caused to a lot of people, she added.
Police officials in Bhopal on Friday registered a case against Tiwari for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.
The case was registered following Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra's directions to the city police to investigate her remark and submit a report.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
