Instead of stone pelter, tie Arundhati Roy to army jeep: Paresh Rawal kicks up a Twitter storm

Bollywood actor and BJP parliamentarian Paresh Rawal on Monday took social media by storm after he said that writer Arundhati Roy be tied to an army jeep.

Rawal's scathing attack on Roy comes after the author during an event in Srinagar said that India cannot achieve its objective in the occupied Kashmir valley even if its army deployment increase from 7 lakh to 70 lakh,

She called the Indian aggression in the Kashmir ‘shameful’ and said that the New Delhi`s oppression cannot subdue Kashmiri struggle.

Roy's comments comes a month after the 'human shield' incident in Kashmir in which a man was tied to an army vehicle purportedly as a shield against stone pelters.

Twenty-six-year-old Farooq Ahmad Dar was tied to the front of a military jeep. While the military faced a widespread criticism for using Dar as a 'human shield,' some people defended the act, arguing that this is a justified response to Kashmiri protesters who hurl stones and heckle and beat members of the security forces.

The army has also ordered a Court of Inquiry into the controversial incident.

"Instead of tying stone pelter on the army jeep tie Arundhati Roy," said Rawal in a tweet. However, it wasn't clear why the actor made that comment.

Instead of tying stone pelter on the army jeep tie Arundhati Roy !

— Paresh Rawal (@SirPareshRawal) May 21, 2017

Rawal's tweet has been retweeted by over 3,000 users and liked by over 6,000 Twitterati.

Replying to Rawal's remark, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said, "Why not the person who stitched PDP/BJP alliance?"

@SirPareshRawal Why not the person who stitched PDP/BJP alliance ?

— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) May 22, 2017

Another user said, "Am deeply moved by your empathy that brings every character to life in movies. But I'm shocked by your ability to be so violent with words!"

@SirPareshRawal Am deeply moved by your empathy that brings every character to life in movies. But I'm shocked by your ability to be so violent with words!

— Priyanka Borpujari (@Pri_Borpujari) May 21, 2017

Here is how Twitter users reacted to Rawal's Tweet 

@SirPareshRawal India is fighting Jadhav case in ICJ based on Vienna convention, and BABU RAO saying WTF Vienna convention is https://t.co/QNC5VkTjfL

— Honest Liar™ (@Hones8Liar) May 21, 2017

@Hones8Liar @SirPareshRawal Lol so cute I never heard Arundhati Roy speaking for soldiers human rights!! Or pelting stone doesn't come under Vienna convention?

— Praveen Shirali (@pkshirali) May 21, 2017

@SirPareshRawal This is exactly the mindset that turns eyes away from, & gives tacit approval to, mob violence. & this is the parliamentarian most hv chosen

— Prateek Tiwari ⚡️ (@i_ceraunophile) May 21, 2017

@SirPareshRawal Your acting was often commendable but your prejudiced mindset is condemnable. Telling d army to hide behind a brave woman is shameful

— ziya us salam (@ziyaussalam) May 22, 2017