Why netizens demand apology from Randeep Hooda

Mamatha Reddy.

NEW DELHI: bollywood actor randeep hooda was at the centre of a growing social media storm on wednesday over a nine-year video in which he's seen making derogatory comments against Bahujan Samaj party chief Mayawati. randeep hooda is receiving a huge backlash on social media for allegedly cracking a sexist and casteist joke on Mayawati, four times chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. In an old video, which has surdata-faced online, while addressing an audience, Hooda is heard saying that he’s going to make “a dirty joke” before mentioning Mayawati’s name.


A twitter user posted the video of Hooda making the comment and wrote, “If this does not explain how casteist and sexist this society is, especially towards Dalit women, I don’t know what will. the ‘joke’, the audacity, the crowd. randeep hooda, a top bollywood actor talking about a Dalit woman, who has been the voice of the oppressed.” The video did not go down well with a section of netizens who has called the actor’s behaviour “casteist”, “sexist” and also demanded an apology.


“Mr randeep hooda will pay for this, indian audience would not forgive him, I as an obc person strongly condemn his remarks,” posted another user. On the work front, randeep hooda features alongside Salman Khan in Radhe: Your Most {{RelevantDataTitle}}