Prashant Bhushan apologises and deletes his tweet on anti-Romeo squads and Lord Krishna

Lawyer-politician Prashant Bhushan has apologised for his tweet on Lord Krishna which led to police complaints being filed against him and even his effigies were burnt.

Bhushan has said that his tweet on Romeo squads and Lord Krishna was inappropriately phrased and unintentionally hurt sentiments of huge number of people. He has also deleted the tweet.

I realise that my tweet on Romeo squads&Krishna was inappropriately phrased&unintentionally hurt sentiments of many ppl. Apologize&delete it

— Prashant Bhushan (@pbhushan1) April 4, 2017

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Earlier, Bhushan had stoked a controversy as he tweeted that, “Romeo loved just one lady, while Krishna was a legendary Eve teaser. Would (UP CM Yogi) Adityanath have the guts to call his vigilantes Anti-Krishna squads?"These remarks had led to a furore following which Bhushan has tried to clarify his stand several times.

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