In December 2016 The Bollywood actress Priyanka Copra was named UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador to promote peace around the world. But recently Priyanka Chopra has been accused of “encouraging nuclear war” over comments she made after her nation provocative military escalation against Pakistan in February 2019. On 26 February 2019 tweet sent by Chopra’s official account which the actress wrote “Jai Hind”, meaning “victory to India”. Hashtag #Indian Armed Force. When India provocatively launched an airstrike on a target within Pakistan marks the most serious escalation in hostilities between the two nuclear-armed neighbors in decades.
The Accusation
During an appearance in Los Angeles at Beautycon the 37-year-old “Quantico” star found herself in an unfamiliar position when A Pakistani women ” Ayesha Malik ” said in a Question & Answer session ” So it was kind of hard hearing you talk about humanity, because as your neighbor, a Pakistani, I know you’re a bit of a hypocrite, You are a UNICEF ambassador for peace, and you’re encouraging nuclear war against Pakistan. There’s no winner in this. She also said As a Pakistani, millions of people like me have supported you in your business of Bollywood.” Staff then grabbed the microphone away
The Response
After the question Priyanka Chopra replied ” I hear you. Whenever you’re done venting. Got it? Done? Okay, cool. war is not something that I’m really fond of, but I am patriotic”, adding “but I think that all of us have a sort of middle ground that we all have to walk .” “Jai Hind” loosely translates to “Hail India” or “Long Live India.”) At the time, Chopra was criticized for so publicly cheering Indian airstrikes in Pakistani territory — strikes that led to retaliatory Pakistani airstrikes, bringing the countries to the brink of war.
