Odia actor lands in trouble for his remark that 'Lawrence Bishnoi's next target should be Rahul Gandhi'

Ollywood actor Buddhaditya Mohanty landed in soup following a controversial social media post allegedly stating that the Leader of Opposition and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should be the next target of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.

The state unit of the National Student Union of India (NSUI) has lodged a complaint against the ‘Bye Bye Dubai’ actor. The NSUI and Congress accused Mohanty of inciting violence through his post and demanded strict action against him.

“An Odia actor Buddhaditya Mohanty through his Facebook post has said that Rahul Gandhi should be the next target of Lawrence Bishnoi. We condemn such thoughts against our leader. We will not allow him to walk on the road until and unless he apologises for his ‘bizzare’ remarks,” said Udit Pradhan, President, Chhatra Congress.

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In a now deleted Facebook post, the 'Nandini I Love You' actor shared, “Germany had the Gestapo… Israel has the Mossad… USA has the CIA… now India has Lawrence Bishnoi… next in the list should be Owaisi and Rahul Gandhi”.

Respected Sir @kharge@RahulGandhi@kcvenugopalmp@priyankagandhi@DrCharandas@MNatarajanINC@IYC@nsui@varunchoudhary2@UdayBhanuIYC as I am currently not in Congress, I request you to instruct the Steering committee of OPCC to file a case and take this issue seriously; on… pic.twitter.com/HCftEPO7bA

— Manas choudhury (@ManasCOfficial) October 18, 2024

However, the actor immediately deleted the post and said that he is ready to apologise. He stated that the Congressmen had misunderstood him and said, “I had only posted about the rumours doing the rounds on various social media platforms on Owaisi and Rahul Gandhi as his next possible targets. I only mentioned that Bishnoi is being compared to ‘Gestapo’, secret police in Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany, and Mossad of Israel.”