Farhan responds to trolls over his late appeal to Bhopal voters

Farhan Akhtar was trolled for his one-week late vote appeal to the electorate of Bhopal. The actor responded to the trolls accepting his mistake while also sticking to his agenda.

Mumbai: Actor-filmmaker-singer Farhan Akhtar on Sunday got trolled for appealing to the voters of Bhopal, which had recorded 61.71 per cent voting a week ago.

Referring to Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, who has been criticised by many for making a statement in favour of Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse, Farhan tweeted, "Dear electorate of Bhopal, it's time for you to save your city from another full-of-gas tragedy. #SayNoToPragya #SayNoToGodse #RememberTheMahatma #ChooseLoveNotHate."

Pragya Thakur had recently stoked controversy by terming Nathuram Godse, the killer of Mahatma Gandhi, a patriot. She was forced to dial down her statement and apologise for the remark after her party BJP expressed disagreement and distanced itself from the comment. Even Prime Minister Modi had stated the he will never be able to forgive Thakur for what she said.

Soon after Farhan's tweet, netizens attacked him mocking at his ignorance. Here's some of the reactions:

Four hours after he put up the post on the micro-blogging website, it had garnered over 1,600 retweets and 8,600 replies.

However, hours after his tweet, Farhan came out with a reply as well. He admitted his mistake while sticking to his agenda.

"Humne taareek galat samjhi toh galaa pakad liya,
Jisne itihaas galat samjha use galey laga rahe ho. #priorities," wrote Farhan.

On the work front, Farhan will be seen in upcoming Bollywood film 'The Sky Is Pink' opposite Priyanka Chopra.

With inputs from IANS and ANI.