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NCW issues notice to Vivek Oberoi over his tweet on Aishwarya Rai

NCW issues notice to Vivek Oberoi over his tweet on Aishwarya Rai

New Delhi, May 20 (UNI) The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday sent a legal notice to Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi for his tweet, in which he shared a meme that compares Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s relationships to the stages of polling.




Terming the post ‘misogynistic’, the NCW demanded an explanation from the actor.




“The post made is extremely offensive, unethical and shows disrespect towards the dignity and respect of women in general,” the notice reads.





NCW chairperson, Rekha Sharma said, "We would like him (Vivek Oberoi) to apologise on social media & personally also to the person concerned. If he doesn't do, we will see what legal action can we take against him. We will be talking to Twitter to remove that tweet immediately."





Vivek Oberoi took to Twitter to share a meme that compares Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's relationships to the stages of polling.

The meme was a collage of three pictures -- one that shows Aishwarya with Salman Khan, another that shows Aishwarya with Vivek, and a third that shows Aishwarya with Abhishek Bachchan.



The first is tagged 'opinion poll', the second 'exit poll' and the third, 'results'.

The meme created by a Twitter user was shared by Vivek on his official handle.

"Haha! creative! No politics here....just life ," Vivek said, while sharing the meme.

On the work front, Vivek Oberoi will be seen playing the titular role in the upcoming biopic 'PM Narendra Modi'.

The movie will be released on May 24, a day after the counting of votes cast in the Lok Sabha elections.



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