Veteran Actor Turned Politician Paresh Rawal Mocks Ramachandra Guha For His Gujarat- Bengal Comparison

Veteran actor turned politician Paresh Rawal on Thursday hit out at historian Ramachandra Guha over his tweet

Veteran actor turned politician Paresh Rawal on Thursday hit out at historian Ramachandra Guha over his tweet which seems indicate that Gujarat is a "culturally backward province" in comparison to Bengal. Rawal dubbed the historian "Gutless Guha" and "Chuha Guha" on Twitter. "After distorting History books Gutless Guha opens up a new avenue of Gujarati/Bengali! looks like he is getting a free ride on somebody's Tail ...! This Chuha Guha is not tired of being punchline of everyone's jokes !," the 'Hungama' actor tweeted.

https://t.co/wDva5ABpZI After distorting History books Gutless Guha opens up a new avenue of Gujarati/Bengali !looks like he is getting a free ride on somebody’s Tail ...! This Chuha Guha is not tired of being punchline of everyone’s jokes !@Ram_Guha

— Paresh Rawal (@SirPareshRawal) June 11, 2020

His statement follows a Twitter post by Ramachandra Guha, which seems to indicate that Gujarat is "culturally backward" while Bengal is "culturally advanced". Guha, earlier on Thursday tweeted a quote by British writer Philip Spratt from 1939. "Gujarat, though economically advanced, is culturally a backward province... Bengal in contrast is economically backward but culturally advanced". Philip Spratt, writing in 1939," the tweet read