TV actor, Raj Singh Arora who is best known for playing Yuvraj in the hit series Remix, bashed stand-up comedian, Vir Das for ‘insulting’ the country in his viral Two Indias video. The monologue he shared in the video was a part of his performance in Washington DC on November 12.
Raj criticized Vir and his supporters in his latest tweet. He wrote, “Absolute shame on people supporting #VIRDAS. Shame on you. Every Nation has problems & YES WE DO TOO BIG ONES. But have never seen an American Insult his country in the name of stand-up.” He added, ‘woke liberals’ were showing support due to political reasons.
One Twitter user replied to Raj’s tweet and wrote, “@BiggBoss is berozgaar ko lo or yaha se dafa karo ya Pakistan bhejo ise (Bigg Boss, please take this unemployed person on your show and away from here. Or send him to Pakistan).”
Raj replied that he has been offered Bigg Boss many times in the past but did not take it up. “Bhai offer hua hai bahut bar (Brother, I was offered the show many times) but sorry, not that desperate for money, you will never see me in a reality show, and yes I am a middle-class simple Indian”, he wrote.
Another Twitter user asked ‘who is Raj Singh Arora’, he replied, “Just a common Indian like you. :).”
In another tweet, Raj explained his original post: “Let me CLEAR this once again, there are enough people in India & USA & other democratic countries that CRITICISE their own country on domestic turf be it a comedian, a journalist, common people or anyone else. But to go on foreign soil, INSULT and generalize the people of your land?”
Comedia and actor, Vir Das in his show, elaborated on the two sides of India. He said that men in our country ‘worship women during the day but gang rape them at night’. The comedian also touched on several other sensitive issues like the farmers’ protest and rising fuel prices. After receiving criticism from the netizens for his monologue, Vir defended himself in a statement. He stated, “The video is a satire about the duality of two very separate Indias that do different things. Like any nation has light and dark, good and evil within it. None of this is a secret. The video appeals for us to never forget that we are great. To never stop focusing on what makes us great.”
Before this, Raj Singh Arora hit headlines for his breakup with longtime girlfriend Pooja Gor. The two called it quits on a good note. They are still friends with each other.