Priyanka Chopra’s legacy as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF is in peril following her Tweet which cheered India’s strike in Balakot, Pakistan last week.
Jai Hind #IndianArmedForces
— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) February 26, 2019
A petition filed for removal of Chopra as the GoodWill Ambassador on avaaz.org reads, “War between two nuclear powers can only lead to destruction and death. As the goodwill ambassador of UNICEF, Priyanka Chopra was supposed to stay neutral and peaceful but her tweet in favour of the Indian armed forces after they invaded Pakistani airspace shows otherwise. She doesn’t deserve this title anymore.” The petition has reached a few thousand signatures but UNICEF still has to make a statement in this regards.
Pakistani actress Armeena Khan was one of the first people to respond to Priyanka’s tweet
WHAT?!!! But aren’t you supposed to be a Good Will ambassador for @UNICEF? Screen shot this everyone and next time she speaks up for peace and goodwill. Let’s remind her of this hypocrisy. https://t.co/Jew88bMtYv
— Armeena ✨ (@ArmeenaRK) February 26, 2019
Priyanka’s tweet has more than 6K comments, most of which call the actress out for role in spreading a narrative that promotes war
Can the @UN please take back their ambassadorship from Priyanka Chopra ?
Celebs who fuel wars have no reason to be talking about human rights at any forum.
Someone who ‘apparently’ works for children’s rights, needs to be schooled about the impact of war on children?#SayNoToWar— وٹ وے؟ (@pitsyapa) February 27, 2019
Her fans on the other side of the border, defended her tweet stating that she is defending her country from terrorism
She is not supporting war. She is supporting her country against terrorism. I think Pakistan should be happy we are helping them cleaning mess. #JaiHind
— Ankita Chouhan (@anky_bp) March 1, 2019