Famous actor and BJP lawmaker Paresh Rawal alleged today that he was "coerced by Twitter" into removing a tweet targeting author Arundhati Roy. The tweet had sparked a major controversy .

Paresh Rawal was outright when he defended his tweet in spite of being criticised for the post.

The tweet which now has been deleted, talked about the incident of an army officer strapping a protester to his jeep as a "human shield" against stone pelters in Kashmir.

The deleted tweet read, "Instead of tying stone pelter on the army jeep tie up Arundhati Roy!"

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Paresh Rawal, however, declared today, "I Paresh Rawal, citizen of India, continue to defend my tweet and support my expression which was made without any prejudice to gender, race, religion or caste. More importantly, I maintain that I ardently love my country and support my country unwaveringly, I stand by and will continue to stand by the citizens and Indian armed forces under any situation and at any cost."

Paresh Rawal's tweet targeting Arundhati Roy created a lot of ruckus.

Paresh Rawal referred to the controversial April 9 incident in Kashmir where Farooq Dar, a civilian was tied to the front of an army vehicle and paraded across at least 9 villages as a 'human shield' against stone pelters.

It turns out that the actor was misled by a piece of fake news.

The article was published by fake news site Postcard News. According to the article, Arundhati Roy told a Pakistani newspaper that 70 lakh Indian Army soldiers cannot beat the 'Azadi gang' in Kashmir.

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