After Row Over Remark On Bengalis, Actor Paresh Rawal Faces Police Case

At a rally, Paresh Rawal said the people of Gujarat would tolerate inflation but not "Bangladeshis and Rohingya" next door and used a "cooking fish" stereotype that has incensed Bengalis.

Actor Paresh Rawal has landed in a huge controversy with his viral comments on Bengalis while campaigning in Gujarat for the ruling BJP.

While the ruling Trinamool Congress in Bengal has hit out at actor Paresh Rawal for his distasteful comments, former Member of Parliament and CPI(M) leader Md Salim has filed a complaint with the police.

At a rally, Paresh Rawal said the people of Gujarat would tolerate inflation but not "Bangladeshis and Rohingya" next door and used a "cooking fish" stereotype that has incensed Bengalis.

Mr. Salim has written to the Taltala Police Station in Kolkata asking them to treat his complaint as an FIR and prosecute the actor as his comments is generating adverse opinion against Bengalis.