In a statement posted on its website, CMS said the organisation finds the comments in the video to be "offensive" and Hooda will no longer serve as the ambassador for them.
Courtesy: Instagram Outlook Web Bureau 2021-05-28T16:25:02+05:30 Randeep Hooda Removed As Ambassador Of UN Treaty Over Joke Against Mayawati outlookindia.com 2021-05-28T16:27:39+05:30
Actor Randeep Hooda has been removed as the ambassador of United Nation s environmental treaty after his alleged derogatory comments against Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati.
He has been removed as the ambassador of Convention for the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), United Nation s environmental treaty.
Hooda has been under fire since Wednesday when a nine-year-old video of him making a joke , which social media users termed casteist and sexist, went viral online.
Bollywood actor Randeep Hooda was on Thursday removed as the ambassador of the Convention for the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, an environmental treaty of the United Nations.
In recent weeks, multiple stand-up comics and other influencers have been called out for making casteist and sexist jokes. Some of those drawing criticism had made jokes at the expense of Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati.
On Tuesday, after a Twitter user shared the old clip of Hooda making the joke at a chat show, the actor was heavily criticised on social media. Hooda has not commented on the matter yet.
After a video of Randeep Hooda making a joke on Mayawati surfaced on Twitter, users called the joke 'sexist' and 'casteist' and slammed him for making the offensive joke.