Evoking unpleased reaction from tweeple, Bedi congratulated Puducherrians for France’s win in FIFA football world cup 2018 terming it erstwhile French Territory. She later said that her intent was to share their happiness.
Taking to Twitter, Bedi said that Puducherrians, the erstwhile French Territory won the World Cup.
She tweeted, "We the Puducherrians (erstwhile French Territory) won the World Cup. ???????? Congratulations Friends. What a mixed team-all French. Sports unites."
Though the tweet had laughing emoticons, many of the users were clearly not humoured.
Now, Bedi is a popular figure on Twitter with more than 11 million followers and Twitter is a mean world where nobody is spared, especially if it is someone popular.
Soon after her tweet, the Twitter user ridiculed her and even asked her to pull the tweet down.
"We are Indians Madam. Your publicity stunts need to stop.." said one of the trollers.
In her other tweets, Bedi provided the clarification for her first tweet.
She wrote: "We in Puducherry wanted France to win the WorldCup as the UT of Puducherry has a very memorable historical bond with France. Thousands of Puducherrians have maintained close ties with France. France also generously supports Puducherry in several ways.
She also tweeted with a newspaper clipping: "Congrats my brothers & sisters in Puducherry. We won. In Puducherry we can build on this spirit of celebration by promoting football in UT by organising inter village, inter town and inter city football tournaments. It costs just ONE ball to unite,as was visible in French Team."
She also wrote that people of Puducherry are emotionally attached to French culture. She further wrote that in Puducherry people have still kept French heritage intact in White Town and that her intent behind tweeting on France's victory was to share their happiness. Supporting colonialism was never her intent, she said.
A user commented on her last tweet: