As Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor Skip Ujjain Temple Go to Amid Protest, Minister Narottam Mishra Says This

As Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor Skip Ujjain Temple Go to Amid Protest, Minister Narottam Mishra Says This [ad_1]

The protests contain Ranbir Kapoor saying in 2011 that he likes beef.

Bhopal:

Actors Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt confronted protests at a temple on their go to to Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain to advertise their mega movie "Brahmastra Half-1: Shiva" on Tuesday. The couple, who're anticipating a child, turned again with out visiting the well-known Mahakaleshwar Temple over safety worries amid protests over an 11-year-old remark by Ranbir Kapoor. The movie's director, Ayan Mukherji, later visited the temple with the Brahmastra crew to "take the blessings of Lord Shiva".

Madhya Pradesh Dwelling Minister Narottam Mishra at the moment denied that the star couple had been stopped from visiting the temple and claimed that officers had as an alternative requested them to go forward. "Nobody stopped them from providing prayers, they selected their very own to not go there. The Ujjain administration has briefed me about whole episode. The couple was requested by the administration to go forward to supply prayers. There was satisfactory safety, however they determined to not go there. Nobody stopped them," he stated.

The protests contain Ranbir Kapoor saying in 2011 that he likes beef. "I'm a mutton, paya, beef...pink meat man. I am an enormous beef man," he had stated throughout an interview.

Members of the Bajrang Dal, which is linked to the state's ruling BJP as a part of the Sangh Parivar, gathered on the temple protested in opposition to the remark, which has been circulating on social media. They held black flags and placards and shouted slogans in opposition to the movie star.

The police got here in to disperse the protesters and a few have been even overwhelmed up.

"Resulting from VIP motion on the temple, we have been taking safety calls and the protesters have been requested to remain behind the barricading, a member from Bajrang Dal got here and began breaching the safety attributable to which we needed to take the next safety calls," stated OP Mishra, a police officer.

Some social media customers have been digging out Ranbir Kapoor's outdated interviews and this remark has sparked an enormous backlash. Posts have emerged with the hashtag #BoycottBrahmastra on Twitter.

Shiv Sena chief Priyanka Chaturvedi condemned the protests and focused Prime Minister Narendra Modi in her put up.

Sharing a viral picture of Bollywood actors with PM Modi, Ms Chaturvedi wrote, "None of this picture op will assist if you happen to'll proceed to be mute spectators to hate and consider it isn't your online business to speak politics. They are going to come after you anyway. Mahakaleshwar temple protests in Ujjain is a living proof. Disgrace that political prejudice is resulting in such ugliness."

The hugely-anticipated Brahmastra trilogy will debut within the cinemas on Friday.

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