This tweet by Congress on Sridevi’s death backfires

Legendary Bollywood actress Sridevi breathed her last on Saturday in Dubai reportedly due to cardiac arrest. Fans and celebrities from all across the world are mourning her death. Social media is flooded with the actresses’ old pictures and so on.

Many eminent personalities including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Legendary Actor Amitabh Bachchan and much more has tweeted about her death. Among them was Congress but their tweet has not gone down well with many. The tweet goes like this,

Lot many people criticised Congress for trying to play politics over the death of the beloved actress.Severe Outrage forced Congress to delete the tweet,

 

some angry reactions from fans and well-wishers are as follows,

 

How an oldest party of country politicise death of legend #Sridevi .

What is the use of mentioned awarded padmashri during UPA govt.

Sham !!!! https://t.co/Mn1KWAJaez

— Parthsarthi Sharma (@pss1987) February 25, 2018

“She Was Awarded The Padma Shri By The UPA Govt In 2013”. Are You Serious? Is That Line Even Necessary To Pay Tribute To A Legendary Actress? Please Stop Politicising The Death. You Guys Are Disgrace To Humanity. Shame On You Congress. #Sridevi #RIPSridevihttps://t.co/gdPHFEIWE4

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) February 25, 2018

Don’t know about the name, but “Awarded padma shri by UPA” will be the 1st sentence written on her gravestone. #Sridevi #Congress https://t.co/FL48wNsPv0

— Mangalya Lakhia (@Mangalyalakhia) February 25, 2018

Congress president Rahul Gandhi also expressed his condolence over the death of the Bollywood Queen.

Shocked to hear about the sudden and untimely death of one of India’s favourite actress, Sridevi.

Sridevi was an incredibly talented and versatile actress whose vast body of work spanned a range of genres and languages.

My condolences to her family. May her soul rest in peace.

— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) February 25, 2018

Bollywood actress Sridevi made her beginning in acting as a child actress at the age of 4 years and left the word at the age of 54. Her last movie was ‘Mom’. She was married to Bollywood director Boney Kapoor and have kids Kushi and Jhanvi.

She breathed her last breath in Dubai while she was there to attend a wedding function.