Riteish Deshmukh under fire after political speech: 'He was on a cinematic tour of Taj Hotel after 26/11 attack'
Riteish Deshmukh faces backlash after his political speech in support of his brother, Congress candidate Dhiraj Deshmukh, ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections 2024. His remarks on religion and safety have stirred debate, with critics bringing up his visit to Taj Hotel after 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks.
Riteish Deshmukh has found himself at the centre of the storm after his recent political speech to support his brother Dhiraj Deshmukh, a Congress candidate, ahead of Maharashtra Assembly elections of 2024. While some lauded him for indirectly slamming BJP for its politics over religion, many others slammed his speech telling him to stick to acting.
Riteish Deshmukh under fire after his political speech
?Those who beg for votes saying your religion is in danger. Actually, their party is in danger.
¡ª Mohit Chauhan (@newt0nlaws) November 10, 2024
¡ªRitesh Deshmukh? pic.twitter.com/LvovXBlGvM
Some users have been sharing clips from his sex comedy movies after he spoke about women safety in his speech at Latur. "We can take care of your religion. They should answer what they have done for unemployment, farmers and women's safety," he had said.
Aisi movies banane wala women safety ki baat kar rha https://t.co/ndX5bim0TW pic.twitter.com/DpMD77SRdt
¡ª Abhishek (@be_mewadi) November 11, 2024
Some others are slamming him mentioning religion. The actor had said, "Those who beg for votes saying your religion is in danger Actually their party is in danger. Tell them we will take care of our religion."
Saying this when there is literally a genocide of Hindus going on in Pakistan and Bangladesh is insane. May Ritesh suffer the same fate as the Bangladeshi/Kashmiri/Pakistani Hindus. https://t.co/tM4w4bvvin
¡ª ?ry¨¡varta (@Aryavarta99) November 11, 2024
Others pointed out that when his father Vilasrao Deshmukh was the Chief Ministe of Maharashtra, there were bigger problems that Mahashtra dealt with then including the 26/11 terrorist attacks and Adarsh Housing Society scandal, a 31-story building constructed on prime real estate in Colaba, Bombay, that allegedly violated Indian environment ministry rules.
His father was CM of Maharashtra when 26/11 Attacks & Adarsh Scam happened pic.twitter.com/VWf56iFykJ
¡ª Kreately.in (@KreatelyMedia) November 11, 2024
One of the users even pointed out how Riteish Deshmukh was on "cinematic tour" at Taj Hotel two days after 26/11 terrorist attacks. For the unversed, Riteish and filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma had accompnied Vilasrao Deshmukh during the visit drawing anger of the people of the nation. It was said that RGV was working on a film based on the real life events and thus was on a recee for the Bollywood preoject. The act was labelled insensitive. At that time, Deshmukh had said that Varma's presence was just a "coincidence" and urged people to ignore the issue. Later, it led to Deshmukh's resignation.
Look who is giving gyan -
¡ª PoliticsSolitics (@IamPolSol) November 11, 2024
The same Riteish Deshmukh went to Taj Mumbai Post 26/11 attacks for Bollywood film recce along with director Ram Gopal Varma.
Do you know his father Late Mr Vilas Rao Deshmukh had to quit his CM-ship due to the backlash later? https://t.co/oBtZOyK005 pic.twitter.com/5aAfd13Jbl
Coordinated by the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, 26/11 Mumbai attacks were well-coordinated terror attacks that took place on Nov 26, 2008. Ten gunmen carried out attacks at high-profile locations including Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Oberoi Trident Hotel, Nariman House and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus railway station. After 59-hour battle that costed many hundreds of lives, these places were freed from terrorists.
Meanwhile, Riteish younger brother Dhiraj and elder brother Amit Deshmukh are contesting elections from Latur (Rural) and Latur (City) constituencies in the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections and the Bollywood actor is supporting them in their campaigns.
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