Shashi Tharoor's comment on demonitisation- Manushi Chillar's surname

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Tue, Nov 21, 2017, 12:04 AM

Shashi Tharoor comment on demonitisation- Manushi Chillar surname

Shashi Tharoor tried to make a light-hearted comment on demonitisation but ended up in controversy with the comment backfiring on him.

Tharoor in an attempt to attck the centre over demonitisation used Miss World 2017 Manushi Chillar's surname.

He said “What a mistake to demonetise our currency! BJP should have realised that Indian cash dominates the globe: look, even our Chhillar has become Miss World!,” Tharoor said on the micro-blogging site, apparently punning on the word ‘chillar’, which in Hindi means loose change.

Condemning Tharoor's comment the National Commision for Women demanded that he should apologise for his remark.

Tharoor cleared to all that he meant no offence to Manushi and said “Guess the pun IS the lowest form of humour, & the bilingual pun lower still! Apologies to the many who seem to have been righteously offended by a light-hearted tweet today. Certainly no offence was meant to a bright young girl whose answer I’ve separately praised. Please: Chill!,” he tweeted.