Actor Siddharth's sexist jibe at Saina Nehwal draws massive outrage

Tamil actor Siddharth faced severe backlash on Twitter over his tweet criticising Saina Nehwal for his 'subtle' usage of sexual innuendo. Several criticised his tweet, including Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi, singer Chinmayi Sripaada, among others. Saina Nehwal had earlier tweeted about the security threat to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Punjab's Ferozepur on January 5. Some protesters blocked a route and forced Modi's convoy to spend about 15-20 minutes on a flyover. This resulted in a huge row on social media. Reacting to that, Saina wrote, "No Nation can claim itself to be safe if the security of its own PM gets compromised. I condemn, in the strongest words possible, the cowardly attack on PM Modi by anarchists (sic)". Actor Siddharth quoted Saina Nehwal's tweet with the comment, "Subtle cock champion of the world... Thank God we have protectors of India. Shame on you #Rihanna (sic)."