In the midst of the casteist slur issue, actor Prince Narula has defended his wife Yuvika Chaudhary once more. Yuvika was charged with making a derogatory remark to caste in a video. Yuvika stated that she had no idea what the term meant.
In an interview with the press on Thursday, Prince addressed the topic and insisted that neither he nor his wife are casteists. “People make a huge deal out of small matters. And more important things are never addressed. She had no idea the word she had used had casteist connotations. We don’t believe in castes. I’m Punjabi, and she’s Jat. We would not have married if we were such “He said.
According to an official, the Haryana Police registered a FIR against Yuvika last week under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Dalit rights activist Rajat Kalsan filed a complaint against her, alleging that the actress made derogatory and unacceptable statements regarding the Scheduled Caste community in the video, a copy of which he turned over to the police. According to the police, the complaint was submitted to Hansi Superintendent of Police Nikita Ahlawat on May 26 in this regard.
Yuvika Apologized on twitter saying that, “First of all, with folded hands, I apologise to you’ll. I used the word unknowingly and I didn’t know the meaning. Please forgive a mistake that happened unknowingly,” she said in Hindi.
Prince also showed his support for her in a series of videos on his Instagram page. “None of us knew the meaning of the word. When we received your messages, we looked it up online and we felt really bad. Yuvi immediately edited it soon after. I hope you guys understand nothing was done intentionally. We didn’t know the meaning of the word. Even I was there, if it is Yuvi’s fault, it is my fault as well. We both didn’t know the meaning of the word. We are really sorry if we hurt anyone, we love you guys,” he said in Hindi. “Hum wo last person hai jo caste mein believe karte hai (we are the last people who would believe in caste),”
