‘Arrest Randeep Hooda’ trends on Twitter after his ‘sexist and casteist’ joke on Mayawati goes viral

Bollywood actor Randeep Hooda has been in the headlines lately after an old video of his went viral on Twitter.

In the said clip, the actor is seen cracking a joke on the politician and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati. While it is unclear when the video was shot and in what context Hooda was making the joke, netizens are furious and have accused him of being ‘sexist and casteist.’ Since the video went viral, people on social media have been demanding an apology and are also trolling him.

Now, #ArrestRandeepHooda has started trending on Twitter.

Slamming the ‘dirty joke’ Randeep Hooda made on politician Mayawati, one Twitter user said, “if this does not explain how casteist and sexist this society is, especially towards dalit women, i don’t know what will. the “joke”, the audacity, the crowd. randeep hooda, top bollywood actor talking about a dalit woman, who has been the voice of the oppressed.”

Watch the video here:

On the work front, Randeep Hooda features alongside Salman Khan in “Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai”, which dropped digitally on Eid. He will be next seen in ‘Unfair and Lovely’ alongside Ilena D’Cruz.