Yesterday Priyanka Chopra joined in with her fellow Bollywood actors in celebrating India’s crossing of the sensitive LOC between Pakistani and Indian Occupied Kashmir.
Jai Hind #IndianArmedForces 🇮🇳 🙏🏽
— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) February 26, 2019
People were quick to call out the actor and point out that such statements are in direct opposition to her status as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador.
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
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
People were pretty outraged at Priyanka for her statement and were tagging the UN and UNICEF, asking them to revoke her status. Some people read her tweet as her simply expressing her patriotism and not supporting a war. These people argued that she supported the Indian Air Force for their efforts, and NOT Modi’s warmongering behavior. They back this up by saying how she didn’t use phrases like ‘India Strikes Back.’
Yeah I agree that some celebs are blatantly promoting Modi's agenda rather than what's right.
But others are mostly responding only because it said they've destroyed terrorist camps that's why they are focussing only on IAF. It's more of a cry against terror not for war.— Kalai |芸術| கலை 💚 🕊️ (@mynameisKalai) February 28, 2019
No matter how people read it, this tweet has definitely stirred up a conversation and now it has gone to the next level.
@UNICEF is this your definition of a goodwill ambassador? #sad #SayNoToWar @priyankachopra pic.twitter.com/otlsQ3v7T9
— Osman Rehman (@Ozmadness) February 27, 2019
Since this morning, social media has been flooded with appeals to sign a petition for Priyanka’s removal as a goodwill ambassador.
UNICEF: Priyanka Chopra doesn’t deserve to be UN’s Goodwill Ambassador – Sign the Petition! https://t.co/UreilZxNj8 via @Change
— Muneeb (@muneebmurtaza93) February 28, 2019
People are basing this on her tweet being a celebration of an attack on Pakistan.
Priyanka Chopra doesn't deserve to be UN goodwill ambassador: "she has celebrated an attempt at war against Pakistan. Someone as influential as Priyanka, who has a massive following globally, must know how war is never the solution to win at each other." https://t.co/CydZAAzKAC
— سمیرا (@SumairaJajja) February 27, 2019
https://twitter.com/MahbinaW/status/1100971153886269440
In the midst of all the petition calls, someone posted this old video of Priyanka and meme-ed it up.
https://twitter.com/Palaaaaat/status/1100998231595528193
As a goodwill ambassador’s primary responsibility is to raise awareness about the cause they’re associated with. In the case of working with the UNICEF, this implicitly means you advocate for peace. What remains to be seen is if Priyanka responds to all the pressure online and if the UN revokes her status. Just by the way, that isn’t totally outside the realm of possibilities- it has happened before.
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Cover Photo Courtesy: Refinery29.com and HuffPost India