Hyderabad, Feb. 27 -- In a recent instance of online harassment targeting Muslim female journalists, actor-turned-politician Paresh Rawal joined an X thread and made a derogatory comment about The Wire's senior editor, Arfa Khanum Sherwani.

The incident began when right-wing troll accounts posted an image comparing actress Preity Zinta's Maha Kumbh ritual dip with a photo of Sherwani, accompanied by an inflammatory caption: "Preity Zinta can keep 100 house maids like @khanumarfa."

Rawal, who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2024 and replaced its co-founder L. K. Advani, added to the trolling with the disparaging remark: "No, because you cannot hire trash to clean the trash."

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