Deol said he had clarified earlier also that he had no link with Sidhu, adding that he was deeply saddened over the incidents which unfolded at the Red Fort on January 26.
Actor and BJP MP Sunny Deol has clarified that he or his family members have no links with actor Deep Sidhu who was among protesters at the Red Fort during farmers’ tractor parade in Delhi. Deol said he had clarified earlier also that he had no link with Sidhu.
“I have already made it clear through Twitter on December 6 that I or my family have no links with Deep Sidhu,” Deol said in a tweet on Tuesday night. Take a look:
आज लाल क़िले पर जो हुआ उसे देख कर मन बहुत दुखी हुआ है, मैं पहले भी, 6 December को ,Twitter के माध्यम से यह साफ कर चुका हूँ कि मेरा या मेरे परिवार का दीप सिद्धू के साथ कोई संबंध नही है।
— Sunny Deol (@iamsunnydeol) January 26, 2021
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Deol also said that he was deeply saddened over the incidents which unfolded at the Red Fort on January 26. Wielding sticks and clubs and holding the tricolour and union flags, tens of thousands of farmers atop tractors broke barriers, clashed with police and entered Delhi, PTI reported.
Punjabi film actor Deep Sidhu was among protesters at the Red Fort where flags were put up. Sidhu was an aide of Deol when the latter contested from the Gurdaspur seat in Punjab during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Deol, who is now a BJP MP, had distanced himself from Sidhu in December last year after he joined the farmers' agitation.
Amid a massive outrage over protesters hoisting a religious flag at the Red Fort during the tractor rally on Republic Day, Sidhu had defended their action, saying they did not remove the national flag and had put up the "Nishan Sahib" as a symbolic protest. The "Nishan Sahib" flag, a symbol of Sikh religion, is seen at all gurdwara complexes.
He had also stated that the national flag was not removed from the flagpole at the Red Fort and that nobody raised a question over the country's unity and integrity.
