Raveena Tandon hits back at trolls questioning her privilege, says 'I got eve-teased and pinched in local'

Some trolls claimed that Raveena Tandon doesn't understand the struggle of a middle-class Mumbaikar who travels on local trains and buses. The actress has given it back in an apt way.

Raveena Tandon has now opened up about her experience of travelling in Mumbai local. This happened after a user questioned her understanding of the struggle of the middle class in the city. The Twitter user initially referred to Maharashtra deputy chief minister, Devendra Fadnavis' decision to shift back the Metro 3 car shed to the Aarey forest in Mumbai.

The social media user tagged Raveena Tandon alongside Dia Mirza who have been against the development. “Do elite @Deespeak @TandonRaveenaknow the struggle of middle class Mumbaikars (sic)?” read the tweet. Reacting to it, Raveena shared that she was eve-teased and pinched as well while travelling on local trains and buses. “Teen years, travelled in locals/buses, got eve teased, pinched, and everything that most women go through, earned my first car in 92. Development is welcome, we have to be responsible, not only a project, but wherever we are cutting through are forests, to safeguard environment/wildlife (sic),” she wrote.

In her next tweet, the actress added, “Everyone’s life is not a bed of roses. Everyone has struggled to reach somewhere. I’m sure you have a house/car too. The day heat waves/flooding/natural disasters strike, it’ll effect the common man first. Elitists will be the first to run away to their Swiss chalet (sic).”

Further, she continued, “All development is welcome. All one prays is that more is done to compensate for environmental loss/safeguarding of wildlife. India today prides herself with tiger count increase, but because of depleting forest road/rail kills of leopards and tigers are increasing (sic).”