Pulwama Attack: People want Navjot Singh Sidhu out of The Kapil Sharma Show

Mumbai: Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu's love for his cricketer friend and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has once again landed him in controversy after he asked "if an entire nation (Pakistan) can be blamed for a handful of people (Pakistan backed terrorists). He soon became Twitteratis rage who have urged Sony TV to remove him from The Kapil Sharma Show.

He was reacting on a media query about the brutal Pulwama terror attack that killed 42 CRPF jawans on Thursday. He said, "It (the terror attack) is a cowardly and dastardly act and I condemn it firmly. Violence is always condemnable and those who did it must be punished," adding, "For a handful of people (Pak-based terrorists), can you blame the entire nation (Pakistan) and can you blame an individual?"

People on Twitter are asking for a complete boycott of The Kapil Sharma Show that features Navjot Singh Sidhu as special guest.

Here are the tweets:

https://twitter.com/RajendraSaluja/status/1096326010977435649

https://twitter.com/TheLostMystic/status/1096314926770126848

https://twitter.com/abhikhandelwal/status/1096335927394238464

https://twitter.com/nishants79/status/1096321934864859137

https://twitter.com/jaikiran90/status/1096296367540989953

Kapil Sharma, however, took to Twitter to condemn the act of terror in Pulwama.

https://twitter.com/KapilSharmaK9/status/1096124864895696897

It is to be recalled that last year Imran Khan had even invited Navjot Sidhu for his swearing in ceremony when he took oath as Pakistan's prime minister. Despite the tense diplomatic situation between India and Pakistan and his senior colleagues advising him not to go, Navjot Sidhu went ahead citing his "personal friendship" with Imran Khan.