After 'unitentionally hurting sentiments', Prashant Bhushan deletes tweet on Lord Krishna

Former AAP leader and serial litigator Prashant Bhushan took to Twitter on Tuesday to apologise for calling Lord Krishna a 'legendary eve teaser'. 

"I realise that my tweet on Romeo squads&Krishna was inappropriately phrased&unintentionally hurt sentiments of many ppl. Apologize&delete it (sic)," he said.

I realise that my tweet on Romeo squads&Krishna was inappropriately phrased&unintentionally hurt sentiments of many ppl. Apologize&delete it

— Prashant Bhushan (@pbhushan1) April 4, 2017

Bhushan stroked a controversy on Sunday with certain remarks on Lord Krishna while criticising the 'anti-Romeo' drive in Uttar Pradesh, following which he was booked for hurting religious feelings. His effigy was burnt at Nagar Palika crossing Vrindaban amidst chanting of slogans.

Two applications in Vrindaban and one in Goverdhan have been given to police for filing of FIR by local Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha leaders who participated in the effigy-burning, police said.

"Romeo loved just one lady, while Krishna was a legendary Eve teaser. Would (UP CM Yogi) Adityanath have the guts to call his vigilantes Anti-Krishna squads?" Bhushan had tweeted. As the controversy erupted, he tried to control damage by tweeting that his remarks had been distorted and he had no intention of hurting religious sentiments. "My tweet on Romeo brigade being distorted. My position is: By the logic of Romeo Brigade, even Lord Krishna would look like eve teaser.

"We have grown up with legends of young Krishna teasing Gopis. The logic of Romeo squad would criminalise this. Didn't intend to hurt sentiments," he added in another tweet. 

(With agency inputs)