Omar Abdullah slams Abhishek Singhvi's remarks on Sunny Leone

New Delhi: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has slammed Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi over his statement that western rejects like Sunny Leone shouldn’t be allowed to epitomise Indian culture.

"I thought this was a fake handle but seems not. What the hell possessed him to tweet this???" Omar said on Twitter.

I thought this was a fake handle but seems not. What the hell possessed him to tweet this??? https://t.co/81RAwIwwGR

— Omar Abdullah (@abdullah_omar) April 10, 2015

Singhvi had earlier in the day tweeted his disapproval over Leone acquiring the status of a Bollywood icon.

"V shd be careful that western rejects like sunny leone are not allowed to epitomise indian culture or acquire the status of a Bollywood icon (sic)," he said.

V shd be careful that western rejects like sunny leone are not allowed to epitomise indian culture or acquire the status of a Bollywood icon

— Abhishek Singhvi (@DrAMSinghvi) April 10, 2015

Sunny Leone’s film ‘Ek Paheli Leela’, which released this Friday, has got a good start at the box office. Collecting approximately 4.9 crore NBOC India. (Net box office collections) on the day of its release.

With this milestone, Sunny Leone has been able to establish the fact that her name is now big enough to draw in people to the theatres.