Ram Gopal Varma’s Women’s Day Sunny Leone tweet row: Will try to beat him with shoes, says NCP leader

Mumbai: Ram Gopal Varma has courted trouble once again. The filmmaker, who offended many people by making a sexist remark through his tweet on the occasion of the International Women’s Day on Wednesday, had a heated exchange of words with NCP leader Jitendra Awhad on Twitter.

Reacting to RGV’s tweets, NCP leader Vidya Chavan on Thursday said that they would try to beat him with shoes if he doesn’t apologise for his remark.

According to an ANI tweet, Chavan said, “He should apologise for his remark, if he doesn't we will try to beat him with shoes.”

To the uninitiated, RGV took to Twitter Thursday to write: “I wish all the women in the world give men as much happiness as Sunny Leone gives (sic).”

Slamming RGV over his sexist tweet, Awhad tweeted: “@RGVzoomin apologies or face the consequences we dnt mind taking law in hand (sic).”

@RGVzoomin apologies or face the consequences we dnt mind taking law in hand https://t.co/YGGYbwfeBr — Dr.Jitendra Awhad (@Awhadspeaks) 8 March 2017

Great @PawarSpeaks shud kick u out for threatening to take law into hands in our sovereign democratic country ..u r a disgrace to his ideals https://t.co/YdfZmBOJgH — Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) 8 March 2017

If u don't apologise to threat of taking law into ur own hands,will formally register complaint, so let me know . Please note @PawarSpeaks https://t.co/YdfZmBOJgH

— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) 8 March 2017

Just give your address and c @RGVzoomin u Dnt have a mother https://t.co/2GZ0k9AUOS — Dr.Jitendra Awhad (@Awhadspeaks) 8 March 2017

plz go ahead and do it @RGVzoomin https://t.co/yD7rt8wcLQ — Dr.Jitendra Awhad (@Awhadspeaks) 8 March 2017

RGV even poked fun at Awhad. He tweeted:

And then this joker has a problem with what others express pic.twitter.com/cV0TiQCpZ0

— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) 8 March 2017

Right or wrong @Awhadspeaks expresses his feels but when others do he will take law into his hands WAHH! God save this country's democracy pic.twitter.com/xQpcydm696 — Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) 9 March 2017

However, the filmmaker seems unaffected by the backlash. On a related note, according to an ANI report, Film Studio Setting & Allied Mazdoor Union with 52,000 members decided to boycott Ram Gopal Varma for his controversial tweet on Women’s Day.