Bollywood actress Parineeti Chopra has reportedly been removed as the face of Haryana's "Beti Bachao Beti Padhao" campaign. The reason, it is widely believed, is her tweeting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
On December 17, the actress had tweeted, "If this is what's gonna happen every time a citizen expresses their view, forget #CAB, we should pass a bill and not call our country a democracy anymore! Beating up innocent human beings for speaking their mind? BARBARIC."
According to a report in indiatimes.com, Parineeti, who was the Haryana government's brand ambassador for Beti Bachao Beti Padhao campaign, has been removed from the position. However, there are no information confirming the news yet.
The CAA, passed in the winter session of Parliament, seeks to grant Indian citizenship to refugees from Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Parsi and Christian communities who have arrived from neighbouring countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh.
Parineeti is not the first actor who has been ousted from work recently post the backlash. Actor Sushant Singh was removed from the reality TV crime series Savdhaan India, which he was hosting on the channel Star Bharat.
This happened earlier this week, a day after Sushant participated in a recent anti-CAA protest rally in Mumbai. Sushant had tweeted, "And, my stint with Savdhaan India has ended."
A Twitter user asked him, "The price you pay for speaking the truth?" To this, Sushant replied, "A very small price my friend. Otherwise how will you face Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru?"
The actor also responded to accusations that his claims were false.
I wish you had bothered to check with me first @iAnkurSingh , before calling me a liar. The official statement given by @StarBharat is completely untrue, and I have all the proofs. This is an attempt to malign me. Filing a complaint with @CintaaOfficial and @FIA_actors https://t.co/VZ9tZTRaef— सुशांत सिंह sushant singh سوشانت سنگھ (@sushant_says) December 19, 2019
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