Published 16:00 IST, December 23rd 2019
Hansal Mehta hits out at Rahul Gandhi, says people have 'woken up and do not need you'
Hansal Mehta hit out at Rahul Gandhi on Twitter on Sunday. He urged the ex Congress President to keep mum and be away from the citizens of the country.
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Hansal Mehta has been among most outspoken celebrities in film industry. National Award-winning filmmaker had, in uncertain terms, protested against treatment meted out to his film Aligarh by censor board over its content revolving around homosexuality. t just that, unlike majority of industry which is kwn for its ‘politically correct’ stance, he has been vocal about political issues as well. Recently, director had taken a dig at Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi’s Uddhav Thackeray and w, he has slammed former Congress President Rahul Gandhi. Mehta urged Wayanad Member of Parliament to keep silent or rar go to Seoul, Tokyo or Busan, allegedly a reference to politician’s recent comments on Citizenship Amendment Act. Shahid director also advised him to be away from citizens of country, stating that y had ‘woken up’ and did t need him anymore.
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Hansal Mehta took to Twitter on Sunday and wrote, “Rahul Gandhi it is best if you say thing. Even better go back to Seoul. Or Tokyo. Or Busan. Let me kw if you need ideas. But stay away from people of this country. y have woken up and do t need you.”
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Here’s tweet:
filmmaker’s reaction could be to Rahul Gandhi’s tweet after Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke various ‘myths’ related to Citizenship Amendment Act in his fiery 97-minute speech at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on Sunday. Rahul Gandhi had urged students of country to t allow PM and Home Minister Amit Shah to 'divide' country. Mehta’s ’Seoul’ reference was because politician had visited South Korea recently where he had met Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon and discussed 'political And Ecomic Situation'.
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Hansal Mehta had recently taken a dig at Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. He had n tweeted, “Was driving to Pune. Took longer than expected. And realised that Maharashtra has a CM but government yet.”
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15:51 IST, December 23rd 2019