Sidharth Malhotra gets trolled over his tweet promoting A Gentleman to Haryana people while the state faces Law & Order trouble

August 26, 2017 - 11:01 AM IST

Yesterday turned out to be one of the most shocking days in recent times thanks to large-scale violence in the Northern part of India. The violence was triggered after the special CBI court of Panchkula, Haryana, declared Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan as a convict in the case of a rape of a female devotee in his ashram. Lakhs of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan’s followers who had converged at Panchkula resorted to vandalism, arson and even attacked mediapersons and property. Soon, the violence spread to other cities and states as well.

Sidharth Malhotra gets trolled over his tweet promoting A Gentleman to Haryana people while the state faces Law & Order trouble

In the midst of this madness, a tweet post by Sidharth Malhotra got maximum brickbats. The tweet read, “To all the people of Haryana, please stay safe. Hope you can see our film soon #Agentleman #PeaceAndLove”.

To all the people of Haryana , please stay safe. Hope you can see our film soon #Agentleman #PeaceAndLove
— Sidharth Malhotra (@S1dharthM) August 25, 2017

A large section of netizens slammed Sidharth Malhotra since they found the tweet insensitive in the light of the violence and loss of lives, and it was seen as an attempt to shamelessly promote his film, A Gentleman.

Wondering if I should laugh at ur lack of knowledge or be upset by it! It's a shame havin ppl like u who set "STUPIDITY " as an example!????????????
— Parvathy Omanakuttan (@ParvathyO_1303) August 26, 2017

Yeh toh Sachin ka bap nikala promotion me .????????????????
— Chintan Shah (@chintan20) August 25, 2017

There Are People Dying And All You Care About Is Your Movie?Are You Really That Stupid Or Just Acting?#RamRahimSingh https://t.co/PngYo4xn9u
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadejaaaa) August 25, 2017

but who will save them from your film?
— pnkj (@AskThePankazzzz) August 25, 2017

Zyada gym karne se teri akal ghutno mei chali gayi hai
— Lame Monk (@oldschoolmonk) August 25, 2017

However, a section of Twitterati defended Sidharth Malhotra. They reasoned that the tweet was posted by the actor before the verdict was announced at 2:30 pm and before the violence commenced.

He certainly tweeted this hours back, before Baba was convicted. Can't see any of his fault. Come on.
— Shrihari (@sherryrats) August 25, 2017

I don't see any issue from Sidharth's tweet....problem is twitter has become full of morons those start bashing any1 just for likes. https://t.co/fu2s5n7DCI
— ANKUR (@ankur_16n) August 25, 2017

. @S1dharthM tweeted much before the verdict was OUT! Stop making stars the SOFT TARGET! They have always been one, but hope this STOPS
— Himesh (@himeshmankad) August 25, 2017

Realizing that his tweet has gone viral and he is being criticized for it, Sidharth Malhotra later posted two tweets to clarify his point.

Its really sad to see the situation worsen since morning and see people in Punjab and Haryana https://t.co/u8TeWwEaW0 and prayers.
— Sidharth Malhotra (@S1dharthM) August 25, 2017

To people who are commenting on my morning tweets,they were made before the verdict ! Thoughts n prayers
— Sidharth Malhotra (@S1dharthM) August 25, 2017