Posts by celebrities in the virtual world during lockdown are landing them in major controversy. If actor Ajaz Khan was arrested on Saturday for a controversial Facebook post, actress Kangana Ranaut’s sister Rangoli Chandel’s twitter account has been suspended. 

Wrestler Babita Phogat is in soup over her unsavoury tweet against Muslims with badminton star Jwala Gutta and actor Swara Bhaskar slamming her. In the midst of all this, a man has been arrested in Gujarat for a controversial post.

Khan had reportedly said in a Facebook live session that, “If an ant dies, a Muslim is Responsible, if an elephant dies, a Muslim is responsible. If there is an earthquake in Delhi, a Muslim is responsible, i.e. a Muslim is responsible for any incident. But have you ever thought who is responsible for this conspiracy?”

Supporters of Khan are campaigning on twitter for his release.

Besides, several celebrities on social media have demanded a similar action against Phogat and Chandel for their communal remarks.

Earlier wrestler turned politician Phogat sparked a row with her tweets that coronavirus is the second biggest problem in India and that uncivilised Jamaati are India’s number one enemy. She went to the extent of comparing them with “pigs.”  But no action has been taken against her.

Badminton player Gutta and boxer and Congress leader Vijender Singh have urged Phogat to take back her controversial views.

Vijender also reacted on the backlash for the wrestler with hashtags like #SuspendBabitaPhogat trending on Twitter. He wrote on the Twitter that there was no religion in the world that gives one the permission to show enmity towards another religion.

Defending her tweets on Tablighi Jamaat, Phogat said she stands by her tweet and she wrote nothing wrong. Phogat also said she is not ‘Zaira Wasim’, and would not get bogged down by any kind of threat.

Gutta said, “Sorry Babita I don’t think this virus sees race or religion…I request you to take back ur statement…we are sportspersons who represented our great nation which is secular and so beautiful…when we win all these people have celebrated us and our wins as their own!!”

Celebrity Bhaskar posted an image that displayed statistics of various religious sites in the country, including Kerala’s Aatukal Pongala, Tirupati temple and ISCKON, Ahmedabad, where people had gathered after lockdown was announced.

As Tablighi features way down on the list, Bhaskar asked Phogat if all the people who gathered at these places were also tested for Covid-19. She also drew Phogat’s attention to the fact the Delhi police had granted permission for the Nizamuddin event.

Monday, 20 April 2020 | PNS | New Delhi

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