Shirish Kunder Tweets Apology After FIR Is Registered Against Him

Shirish Kunder tweets unconditional apology for his tweet on UP CM Yogi Adityanath.

Filmmaker Shirish Kunder found himself in the midst of a controversy yet again on Friday night when news arrived of an FIR being registered against him in Harzratganj, Uttar Pradesh. The report was filed against the filmmaker for his tweets about UP’s new CM, Yogi Adityanath. Shirish, who had deleted the ‘objectionable’ tweets earlier, has tweeted out an unconditional apology.

I unconditionally apologise. I never meant to hurt anyones feelings or sentiment.

— Shirish Kunder (@ShirishKunder) March 24, 2017

Also Read: FIR Against Shirish Kunder For Tweeting About CM Yogi Adityanath

There was a mixed reaction to the entire controversy on Twitter:

Yogi Adityanath is a fraud, his appointment as CM is an insult to religion, politics and people of this country. I stand by @ShirishKunder pic.twitter.com/JMSPhmRPqP

— Ram Subramanian (@Voice_Of_Ram) March 25, 2017

most painful thing is people like @ShirishKunder who have legal backup, who know nonsense FIRs can't survive single hearing are apologizing!

— Sunny Samuel Mittra (@sunnymittra) March 25, 2017

Was wrong of Shirish Kunder to call someone who has cases filed under IPC 147, 148, 149, 153A, 295, 297, 307, 336, 427, 435, 504, 506 a goon

— Joy (@Joydas) March 24, 2017

How many FIRs notched in a week?? Srijato,Sagarika,Rajdeep(?)&now shirish kunder..what a scared lot bjp is..scared of people's voice. #Yogi https://t.co/lP905g3biy

— Saileena (@saileenas) March 24, 2017

Strange why it's okay to call #RavindraGaikwad a goon but not Yogi Adityanath, who has been accused of much worse https://t.co/BlJ5BeCIpe

— Aditya Menon (@AdityaMenon22) March 24, 2017

Shirish Kunder and other film fraternity bigwigs need to respect the verdict of people. India knows how their association with Dowed

— Amitabh Kumar Singh (@amitabhbudham) March 25, 2017

FIR lodged at Hazrat ganj PS in UP against @ShirishKunder for his "Goon" post, poor parasite tried hard to make his presence but failed

— Amrita Kaushalya (@KaushalyaAmrita) March 24, 2017