South Indian cinema actress Sai Pallavi found herself in soup after her remarks on Kashmiri Pandits. She condemned the violence in the name of religion and compared the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits with cow vigilantism. The actress was attacked on social media for her statement and a complaint was filed against her over her comments on the killing of Kashmiri Pandita and vigitalism in the name of cow protection.
Now, Pallavi took to Instagram to put up a clarification on the issue. In the video, she started by saying that this will be the first time when she will be thinking twice before speaking her heart out as she is anxious that her statements will be interpreted. She revealed that after watching The Kashmir Files, she spoke with Vivek Agnihotri and told him that she was disturbed after watching the plight of Kashmiri Pandits.
“I believe that violence in any form and violence in the name of any religion is a huge sin. This is all that I intended to say. But, it was disturbing to see that many people online justified the mob-lynching incident. I don’t think any of us have the right to take another’s person life,” she added.
She further gave an example of her school days and stated that as children they would differentiate each other based on culture, caste and religion.
While, promoting her upcoming film Virata Parrvam, she had said in an interview to YouTube channel Great Andhra, “The Kashmir Files showed how Kashmiri Pandits were killed at the time. If you are taking the issue as a religious conflict, there was an instance recently where a Muslim was attacked when he was driving a vehicle carrying cows, and people chanted Jai Shri Ram. So where is the difference from what happened then and what is happening now?”
