KL News Network
Srinagar
Kashmir’s ‘Dangal’ star Zaira Wasim has snubbed union minister for sports and youth affairs Vijay Goel Friday for a comment that he made about her.
It all began with a tweet late on Thursday from Goel, a senior leader of the ruling BJP, that showed him in what appeared to be an art gallery, standing before a painting that showed two women – one in a hijab and another cowering in a cage.
“This painting tells a story similar to that of Zaira Wasim,” he said tagging the young actress on Twitter.
Zaira Wasim, who is already at the centre of a controversy facing flak for meeting J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, was quick to react to Vijay Goel’s tweet.
Addressing him as ‘sir’ in her response, Zaira Wasim said: “Sir, with all respect to you, I feel I must disagree. I request you not to connect me to such a discourteous depiction. Women in hijab are beautiful and free. Moreover, the story depicted through this painting is not even remotely relevant to mine,” she said. “Women in Hijab are beautiful and free.”
Goel replied to her tweets, saying she had wrongly interpreted his tweets. He said he appreciated Wasim’s work and wanted to discourage “evil and patriarchal notions”.
