Randeep Hooda sparks controversy for his sexist and casteist comments on Mayawati

Highway actor, Randeep Hooda has found himself in the midst of a new controversy after , a video of him making an 'insensitive joke' on politician Mayawati emerged online. In the video, the Radhe star  is seen sitting on stage and talking to the audience. He announces to everyone that he's going to make a 'dirty joke' and sets the premise for it with politician Mayawati as the subject. 

if this does not explain how casteist and sexist this society is, especially towards dalit women, i don’t know what will. the “joke”, the audacity, the crowd. randeep hooda, top bollywood actor talking about a dalit woman, who has been the voice of the oppressed. pic.twitter.com/lVxTJKnj53

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Netizems  expressed shock, disgust and asserted it wasn't a "joke" and cannot be labelled as one. Earlier, comedian Abish Mathew was criticised for his 2012 tweet on former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Mayawati, post which he released an apology on Twitter. On the work front, Randeep Hooda was last seen in 'Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai', starring Salman Khan and Disha Patani. The Prabhu Deva directorial released on May 13.He will next be seen in the web series, 'Inspector Avinash' based on the true story of police officer Avinash Mishra and his war against crime in Uttar Pradesh and directed by Neeraj Pathak. Inspector Avinash will be portrayed by Randeep Hooda while actress Urvashi Rautela will play the protagonist's wife Poonam Mishra.