ISLAMABAD – Former Indian cricketer, politician and TV celebrity NavjotSingh Sidhu has been sacked from one of India’s most popular comedy shows‘The Kapil Sharma Show’, reports in Indian media said.
According to Indian Express, Sidhu, a regular feature on the show, wassacked after his comments over the February 14 Pulwama attack in which hesaid that nations cannot be held responsible for the dastardly acts ofterrorists.
A number of hardliner Indian groups have condemned and protested againsthis remarks with social media wings of the groups lashing out at the formercricketer on Facebook, Twitter and other platforms.
Indian Express, while quoting sources, said that he will be replaced byreplaced by Archana Puran Singh.
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Pakistan also protested and summoned India’s Deputy High CommissionerGaurav Ahluwalia and lodged a strong protest over allegations by Indialinking 14 February attack in held Kashmir to Pakistan.
The Foreign Office summoned the Indian diplomat and handed him a protestnote, stating that India leveled unfounded allegations against Pakistanwithout carrying out a probe into the blast in Pulwama district thatclaimed the lives of over 45 security personnel.
