‘Dangal’ actress Zaira Wasim has taken strong exception to Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel’s comparison of a burqa-clad woman’s painting to her.
Expressing her displeasure, Zaira asked the minister not to connect her with such a “discourteous depiction”.
Vijay Goel had tweeted a painting from an exhibition which was a portrait of a woman in burqa and he wrote, “This painting tells a story similar to @zairawasim. Our girls are breaking out from cages and moving ahead. More power to our daughters!”
His post, however, did not go down well with Zaira, whose recent meeting with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti had kicked up a storm.
“@VijayGoelBJP Sir, with all respect to you, I feel I must disagree. I request you not to connect me to such a discourteous depiction,” she tweeted in response to Vijay Goel’s comments.
She also added that women in “hijab are beautiful and free”.
“@VijayGoelBJP Women in hijab are beautiful and free,” she said.
“@VijayGoelBJP Moreover, the story depicted through this painting is not even remotely relevant to mine,” she added.
The Union minister defended his tweet by suggesting that Zaira had interpreted it wrongly.
“You have interpreted wrong. I appreciated your work and stated that evil and patriarchal notions must be discouraged,” he said.
“I’m afraid you still haven’t understood. But I wish you all the very best and appreciate your work. Hope to meet & interact too,” he added.
