Priyanka Chopra has returned to India from the US after three years to promote her hair care brand Anomaly. She also took some time out to visit Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow in order to see the progress of UNICEF work being done to end violence and discrimination against girls in the state. However, she didn’t get a warm welcome from everyone.
Protest against Priyanka Chopra in Lucknow
‘You’re Not Welcome’, say the posters in protest against Priyanka Chopra.
Posters were put up in the city that read, “You’re not welcome in the city of Nawabs”. For the unversed, Priyanka Chopra is the Goodwill Ambassador of UNICEF and she was fulfilling her duties. The reason for the protest remains unclear. The Police are investigating the matter.
However, as per India Today, the protesters were against her show called Quantico which allegedly portrays members of Hindu community as terrorists and thus tarnishes the image of India.
Meanwhile, Priyanka Chopra shared a video from her visit in which she says, “Right now, I am in Lucknow, India with UNICEF. I am really looking forward to this field visit. I have spent a few of my childhood years at school in Lucknow, I have family and friends here.”
“And I am keen to understand how the needle has shifted for women and children in the state of Uttar Pradesh. I want to see first-hand how technology and innovation is making that shift at a (larger) scale. Across India gender inequality results in unequal opportunities, and it is the girls that are most disadvantaged.”
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She added, “We are visiting various UNICEF partners to see that work that is being done with the aim to end violence and discrimination against girls. I will hear about the challenges they face in everyday life, and see the solutions on hand, because what is needed is solutions at scale. As I have said often enough, women and girls are the key in building better futures not just for themselves but for their communities”.