"Arundhati Roy is known to have supported every wrong in the Valley and hence if she sits on a Army jeep, no Jammu and Kashmir stone-pelter would hit her. Thus there would be no violence in Valley is she is made to sit on an Army vehicle," Arundhati Roy said.
After dragging himself into a controversy with his tweet on Arundhati Roy, Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) MP and actor Paresh Rawal on Friday continued to target the Arundhati Roy and refused to take down his post on her.
Speaking to media, the actor said that his tweet was misinterpreted and that a section of society tried to give it a 'political' colour.
"Arundhati Roy is known to have supported every wrong in the Valley and hence if she sits on a Army jeep, no Jammu and Kashmir stone-pelter would hit her. Thus there would be no violence in Valley is she is made to sit on an Army vehicle," he said.
The veteran actor further added that Arunadhati, who has been speaking against the Indian Army should know under what condition the Army personnel battle it with enemies on the border.
Rawal also took a dig at JNU student Shehla Rashid and Congress leader Digvijaya Yadav and accused both of them of giving hate speech.
Watch the complete video in which Rawal has stuck to his stand on Arundhati Roy and rejecting to delete the 'controversial' remark on the female activist.
Earlier, Rawal raked up a Twitter storm when he took to the micro-blogging site to post a seemingly out-of-context tweet that conveyed the idea of 'tying' Roy to an Army jeep, drawing reference from a similar incident when a Kashmiri resident was tied to a jeep last month.
Rawal's tweet drew ire on the social media and people outrightly condemned the actor's "education." Many of them even highlighted the irony of his statement vis-a-vis his powerful performances in the movies.
One of the Twitter users wrote, "This tweet proves that lack of education ruins the ability of a Human to behave like a Human," while another tweeted, "Your acting was often commendable but your prejudiced mindset is condemnable. Telling d army to hide behind a brave woman is shameful."
An award-winning writer, Arundhati Roy is known for her controversial views on Kashmir. She has also widely criticised the Army's role in the Valley.
In April, a Kashmiri resident, allegedly a stone-pelter, was tied to an Army jeep as a human shield. This incident sparked an outrage in the Valley and across the country, following which an inquiry was launched into the incident.
With inputs from agencies
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