Richa Chadha is one of those few actors in Bollywood who refuses to sit down and play all ‘politically correct’. Be it issues concerning the film industry or national politics, the 31-year-old never minces her words. In a tweet on Wednesday, Chadha condemned a ‘Hindu’ troll, who threatened her with rape and murder, mere days after her remarks against Hindutva.
On May 5, Chadha had tweeted, “Yes, Hinduism is indeed in danger in India. Hinduism faces a threat from Hindutva supporters. Save your religion and get rid of these supporters of Hindutva. Issued in public interest.” The tweet was posted amid tumult at the Aligarh Muslim University in Uttar Pradesh, where the Hindutva brigade had created a ruckus, allegedly over a portrait of Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
— TheRichaChadha (@RichaChadha) May 5, 2018
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Soon after Chadha shared the tweet, several users on Twitter condemned the actress, as it often happens when one dares to voice an opinion on the internet. However, one of the haters went ahead and threatened the actress with rape and murder.
I meant it ….z
— Adv Vivek Garg (@PrinceOfAgroha) May 8, 2018
Mumbai me yeh safe nahi hai ..Isko Riyadh shift ho jana chahiye…Flight ka kharcha yeh offord kar sakti hai
— Adv Vivek Garg (@PrinceOfAgroha) May 8, 2018
Pehlu ,Ahlawat,aise roz 100 muslim okhaade jaate hai aur Indian agencies ke jariye roz 1000 musalmaano ko marwa dete hai danke ki chot par …Kisi Richa aur Teri behen ki bhi lenge Pure zamane ke saamne
— Adv Vivek Garg (@PrinceOfAgroha) May 8, 2018
@Richachadha ki chaddi utarane ka pura intezaam mumbai me ho gaya hai Karnataka election ke baad …SRk se lekar Krk tak koi kaam nahi dega sivaye Dharawi walo ke
— Adv Vivek Garg (@PrinceOfAgroha) May 8, 2018
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At first, Chadha chose not to engage with the trolls, but the intensity of hate speech in these tweets perhaps made it too hard to be ignored. Countering the “targeted abuse”, the actor flagged the threats to Twitter.
Hey tweeps!Don’t care about the targeted abuse because there’s a lot of unemployment in the country rn,if someone needs to work for 10 per tweet,I don’t judge them.But RAPE AND MURDER threats?Come on @TwitterIndia @Twitter pic.twitter.com/1AS8wlUPWg
— TheRichaChadha (@RichaChadha) May 9, 2018
Shockingly, however, Chadha says that Twitter found “no violation” of its community standards “within context.”
I did. They said ‘no violation within context’.
— TheRichaChadha (@RichaChadha) May 9, 2018
So, while Twitter is yet to take action (if at all), actor Swara Bhaskar and film-maker Pooja Bhatt have extended their support for Chadha. Tweeting out more screenshots of inflammatory comments made about Chadha, the Veere Di Wedding actress, urged the social networking platform to “block these accounts that clearly violate community standards.”
The kind of abuse and slander @RichaChadha is facing on #Twitter amounts to harassment quite clearly.. @TwitterIndia @Twitter u wanna take some action and block these accounts that clearly violate ur community standards! Shame on this filth and u stay strong Richa! pic.twitter.com/DfTckAE4U2
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) May 9, 2018
You must report this. Twitter needs to take responsibility for this. They cannot provide a platform to people who openly threaten to rape and maim women.
— Pooja Bhatt (@PoojaB1972) May 9, 2018
At least sisterhood is still alive.
