After the furore and protests outside his Galaxy Apartments in Mumbai, Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has issued unconditional apology for his tweets on Yakub Menon.
The actor’s father Salim Khan, who said his tweets were ‘meaningless’, called Salman and asked him to retract the tweets.
Salman tweeted:
“I had tweeted that Tiger Memon should hang for his crimes and I stand by it. What i also said is that Yakub Memon should not hang for him.”
“I have not said or implied that Yakub Memon is innocent. I have complete faith in the judicial system of our country.”
“Many lives were lost in the Mumbai blasts. And I have repeatedly said the loss of one innocent life is equal to the loss of all humanity.”
“My dad called & said I should retract my tweets as they have the potential to create misunderstanding. I here by retract them.”
“I would like to unconditionally apologise for any misunderstanding I may have created unintentionally.”
“I also strongly condemn those who are claiming my tweets are anti religious. I have always said I respect all faiths and I always will.”
Unfortunately, even after Salman has issued unconditional apology, the controversy could affect the actor.
The BJP in Maharastra has demanded that the bail that was issued in the 2002 hit-and-run case, be cancelled.
Mumbai BJP president Ashish Shelar met Maharashtra Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao and submitted a letter requesting cancellation of bail granted to Salman by the Bombay high court.
“I submitted a letter to the governor requesting cancellation of bail of convicted Salman Khan for supporting a convict. Very disappointing to see Salman Khan ask for release of Yakub Memon. His (Salman’s) bail should be cancelled on the basis of the support for crime. Yakub Memon worked on the mission of mass murder. His sympathy can only come from fellow convict who fails to appreciate mercy shown to him” Shelar said.
Security outside Salman Khan’s residence has been tightened after the controversy.
his Father is worried of BJP & Shiv Sena backlash , Saving his son and maintaining good relationship with NAMO . So sad
If SRK has done this during film release it would consider as publicity stunt! Salman or Aamir doing this they r like ignore,bacche hai!
If SRK would have tweeted the same stuff, People would moan labelling him Anti-National, Questioning his involvement, Calling him names. think about it properly.
Sena chief who was barking on SRK during the IPL controversy is now saying “please ignore” when asked by the media about salman’s tweet lol
Not saying Bhai took the wrong stand or the right stand. I am saying if SRK took the same stand, his patriotism would be in question by now. If SRK had a father like Salim Saab who would damage control all his fallacies, SRK would be far less targeted. But Alas! & SRK’s patriotism is a matter of national interest. Salman’s a matter of toilet discussion. Here also SRK trolls Salman. btw Good to see salman bhai commenting on topics related to national interest but had it been SRK it would have been another national debate, Salim Saab knows very well that his son Salman still has a date with the judiciary and he would need the support of these parties..
Now will Shiv Sena, MNS, RSS & Other political Parties Oppose Criminal Salman khan so called being human & Boycott his movie ?? Once SRK Just talked about Playing Pakistani Players in IPL, Shivsena RSS Lost their Minds. What will they do now against Salman khan.. ??
U r not respecting our country low I am proud to be Indian and always support my mother land,, u r not fit to be Indian u r also criminal of India???????
Salman khan is not Indian he is also a criminal govt should take some action against him
Thousands of riot like 1993 happend in india during independent regime but no 1 hanged why yaqub memon .
Ur supporting one terrorist who killed my brothers sisters in everywhere gvt should hang u first because our gvt gave one more life Chance for wat u have done past…????everyone Abu tat u always support wrong people u should not be in India
And many more convict set free roaring raping , where is law and court the comment of salman khan is right with respect to huminity
as a salman khan fan i would like to say no salman khan fan has supported his tweet.. it was embarassing for us sallu fans.. m glad he apologised for it.. lets end it here.. n plz sallu dont do these nonsense things.. keep miles away from these controversial topics.. wat was the need??? enjoy ur bb success n concentrate on ur movies..
@ sarifa – why bring family out? if somebody cant understand what i am feeling and he still hurt me it is ok for you. i am reader of indicine since two year and i started comment when kick was ready to release in theater. without knowing each other if we bash each other so why we are coming here just to spread hate?
I m also a die hard salman fan but this is not accepted at any cost…people r here arguing like hell but it’s mere fact he made a mistake & rightly apologized for that….no need to make things worst…as he also mentioned abt tiger but all u r ingnoring that part….
From using sensitive issues like Farmer suicides to supporting a convicted criminal which is a contempt of court. Salman khan has crossed all the limits to promote Bhojpuri Bhaijaan but nothing is going to change the fact that he is a murderer and the worst actor of India as well as nothing is going to change the fact that he did a huge huge huge mistake by supporting yakub menon, he is always the first one to support criminals as he is himself criminal, first Dawood Ibrahim now Takub Menon. he should be kicked to jail as soon as possible,, harmful for the country as well as for the film industry bec of his bhojpuri acts, behaves, tweets and movies..!!
Salman is Salman he does not care even when his own actions damages his image. Only one person can advise n control him which is his father Salim Khan !!!!!!!!! Plz stay away from such Controversaries n just entertain us. We love you Salman !!!!!!!!!!
@ challa – its ok bro but next time think twice before answer anyone. i didn’t felt tensed because of you but because of @ akkian comment. what he think whatever his akki showed in baby is reality? dude first get knowledge something about india by travelling different parts in india and gain real knowledge instead reading national topics on internet. each and every human baby is inocent at the time of birth but this system is responsable what he will become in young age. again read my comment about human’s psychology.
Love to all who congratulate me. spread love instead of hate. jai shiv, khuda haafiz.
@Neeraj 6.45Pm: Loved your comment.. But yuvraj will not understand. so let him write whatever he wants..ignore him.. his next comeent @ +6.55 Pm is pathetic. .he is getting personal as if Yakub is his close relative.
@I am AKN should be kicked out of human society and earth as he is harmful for human race and peace. Please stop using your mouth when God has given you the way of spouting $hit !!!!!!!!!!
@ fake- your name suggest what kind of person are you. what if yakub is not my relative read my next comments. do you think our govt and judiciarry can’t be wrong in any case?
they talk about equality but 95% peoples livinf on 5% money and 5% peoples have 95% of money. where is equality of rich and poor? why don’t they talk about this.