Saina Nehwal's father condemns remark made against daughter, demands an apology from Siddharth

Saina Nehwal's father Harvir Singh Nehwal on Tuesday demanded an apology from actor Siddharth for his alleged derogatory remarks against the badminton player.

The ace shuttler's father told ANI

"A person from the cinema industry (actor Siddharth) has made some bad remarks against Saina (Nehwal) on Twitter. I condemned his statement. He should come out in open and apologise. Our family is really disturbed. Saina is also unhappy," 

This comes after he slammed the actor for using 'very wrong words'. In a statement to the portal on Monday, Harvir said, 

"I have gone through all the details. Whatever he(Siddharth) said is not right. I got to know that he is a big actor in the South. He used very wrong words against Saina. It's very wrong for him to give such derogatory statements."

He went on to state that Saina is currently in Delhi and preparing for the India Open 2022 and added, 

"I spoke to Saina over the phone and she said that she didn't like someone writing about her. Even other organisations like National Commission for Women came in support and said that was very bad and never heard these type of words coming from a gentleman."

For the unversed, raising concerns over the Prime Minister's convoy being stopped for 15-20 minutes on a flyover in Punjab's Bathinda as the road was blocked by protesting farmers, the ace badminton player tweeted, 

"No nation can claim itself to be safe if the security of its own PM gets compromised. I condemn, in the strongest words possible, the cowardly attack on PM Modi by anarchists."

Retweeting her post, Siddharth wrote, 

"Subtle cock champion of the world... Thank God we have protectors of India. Folded hands. Shame on you Rihanna."

Following the controversy, the actor also responded that he did not mean to disrespect anyone and his "subtle cock" tweet contained no kind of insinuation.