Published 11:09 IST, January 7th 2021
On US Capitol attack, Bollywood stars shower digs; Simi Garewal wants Trump 'locked up'
On US Capitol attack, Bollywood stars showered digs at Donald Trump and America and Simi Garewal feared the worst, wanting Trump be 'locked up'.
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celebrities of film industry reacted with shock as supporters of United States of America President Donald Trump stormed US Capitol in Washington DC on Wednesday. stars took digs at supporters of outgoing leer, as clashes led to four people losing ir lives. Right from sharing ir disbelief at violent visuals to calling group as ‘terrorists’, re were strong reactions.
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Celebrities of Bollywood condemn US Capitol attack
incident h occurred during electoral counting by United States Congress moments after speech of Trump, who has been crying foul over his defeat to Joe Biden in elections last month. Simi Garewal felt that if such scenes could be witnessed at electoral counting, it could get worse when Biden would formally take charge as President. veteran actor urged that Trump be ‘locked up’ till n.
Actors Ranvir Shorey, Kritika Kamra, musician nan Sami and producer Atul Kasbekar took digs at Trump and America. Right from calling leer a ‘reality tv star’ and reality being an ‘apocalyptic fantasy’ to citing his slogan ‘Making America great again’, y were at ir sav best.
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Actor Meera Chopra was shocked, while Indian-origin celebrities like director Gurinder Chha and actor-model Pma Lakshmi called mob as ‘extremists’ and ‘terrorists’ respectively.
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Hollywood stars h also reacted strongly. Chris Evans wrote, "I’m speechless". Ashton Kutcher tweeted, "Support peaceful transition of power!!!!!!!! That’s being a patriot!"
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi also expressed his displeasure over incident, "Distressed to see news about rioting and violence in Washington DC. Orderly and peaceful transfer of power must continue. democratic process cant be allowed to be subverted through unlawful protests."
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US Capitol attack
Pictures and videos of Trump supporters shouting ‘stop steal’ and or slogans, clashing with security. After managing to break through security, y were seen breaking glass windows and entering, sitting at seats and posing and even stealing a podium and more. Apart from widespre flak, Trump was furr embarrassed as Twitter locked his account and removed his tweets on incident.
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11:08 IST, January 7th 2021