Hema Malini said that the victim's father had broken traffic rules.

Actor-turned-MP Hema Malini who was involved in in an accident in Rajasthan on 2 July which left a two-year-old child dead broke her silence on the issue with a tweet in which she wished the victim's father for the accident.

The MP who returned to Mumbai last week started by thanking people. Interestingly, she notes that it is her work as actor which has brought her 'good will'. She doesn't mention her work as a politician.:

Just going thro ur replies!The accident has shown me how much u ppl love me & care for my welfare. All my years spent in the entertainment.. — Hema Malini (@dreamgirlhema) July 7, 2015

..field has brot so much goodwill, I'm amazed! Thank u all for this love for which I am eternally grateful! U have given me so much strength — Hema Malini (@dreamgirlhema) July 7, 2015

Then she lashed out at the media for cooking up stories. However, she didn't forget to bless them anyway.

As for the sensation-hungry media & a few members of the public who had a field day maligning me even when I was helpless &in deep trauma.. — Hema Malini (@dreamgirlhema) July 7, 2015

...who actually & unbelievably stooped to the lowest levels of human decency, I can only say "Shame on u" &"God Bless"! — Hema Malini (@dreamgirlhema) July 7, 2015

And then she said that the victim's father had broken traffic rules.

My heart goes out to the child who unnecessarily lost her life and the family members who have been injured in the accident. Contd — Hema Malini (@dreamgirlhema) July 8, 2015

(Contd) How I wish the girl's father had followed the traffic rules - thn this accident could have been averted & the lil one's life safe! — Hema Malini (@dreamgirlhema) July 8, 2015

The actor's tweets are bound to add further fuel to the controversy that followed after the accident. (More on that here) NDTV today quoted unnamed police officials as saying that the actor-turned-MP's car may have been speeding.

Soon after the accident, a raging debate dominated social media and mainstream media about the actor's role in the accident - specifically, whether or not she should have been proactive and taken the injured child along with her to the Jaipur hospital. The girl's father had also said that people had taken the BJP MP to the hospital while his daughter was left behind.

The actor on her part had remained silent and had condoled the family which lost it's child. Her daughter Esha Deol later said that her mother was ready to help the family financially. Hema Malini's driver was arrested following the accident.