Vishal Dadlani quits politics after sarcastic tweet about Jain guru backfires

August 27, 2016 23:51

Celebrity AAP supporter, music director and singer, Vishal Dadlani on Saturday stirred controversy after he tweeted mocking Digambar Jain monk Tarun Sagar for giving a speech in Haryana Assembly, naked.

Dadlani had tweeted the following: "If you voted for these people, YOU are responsible for this absurd nonsense! No #AchcheDin, just #NoKachcheDin." (See image on left)

However, soon after the singer made this tweet, he was ridiculed by several Jain sect followers. Dadlani was quick to reply to everyone with an apology: "I apologise to you too, wholeheartedly, Sir. I hope that religion and governance can be separated, for Indias sake. I am sorry to have offended you and your beliefs too, Sir. My intent was not to hurt anyone. Spoke without thinking."

Delhi CM and AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal too took to Twitter to praise the Jain monk and said that his family deeply respects Tarun Sagar.

The Jains are an influential community in the poll-bound Gujarat where AAP is seeking to make a powerful debut. Kejriwal and Jain's tweets promptly condemning Vishal's off-the-cuff tweet may have been influenced by that consideration.

Following this, Dadlani on Twitter announced that he was quitting from all active political work and affiliations.

"It feel bad that I hurt my Jain friends & my friends @ArvindKejriwal & @SatyendarJain .I hereby quit all active political work/affiliation," he wrote on Twitter.

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