OMG! Akshay Kumar Promotes ‘DOWRY’? Nitin Gadkari's Road Safety Advertisement Faces BRUTAL Backlash On Social Media!

Akshay Kumar landed in trouble as he was allegedly seen promoting Dowry in a new government advertisement trying to promote safety with six airbags

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Published on Sep 14 2022, 20:12:10

OMG! Akshay Kumar Promotes ‘DOWRY’? Nitin Gadkari's Road Safety Advertisement Faces BRUTAL Backlash On Social Media!

Akshay Kumar has once again found himself on the receiving end and the netizens do not plan on showing him any mercy!

Well, the trouble for Khiladi Kumar brewed after his new advertisement about road safety drew flak. Social media users alleged that the advertisement was promoting orthodox and evil traditions like dowry, which is ironically a punishable offence in India.

6 एयरबैग वाले गाड़ी से सफर कर जिंदगी को सुरक्षित बनाएं।#राष्ट्रीय_सड़क_सुरक्षा_2022 #National_Road_Safety_2022 @akshaykumar pic.twitter.com/5DAuahVIxE
— Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) September 9, 2022

Additionally, Union minister Nitin Gadkari shared the video on his social media handle as a way to promote the government's campaign about road safety and urged citizens to use a car with 6 airbags.

The video begins with a Bidai ceremony and a father crying as he bids adieu to his daughter after her wedding. Akshay Kumar, who is dressed up as a policeman, is heard telling the father how is he sending a newly married couple in a car that has just two airbags.

Shortly after the advertisement was shared online, netizens claimed that the government was trying to promote dowry.

One user wrote, “Now we have the Indian government promoting #dowry. @akshaykumar what message are you giving out by endorsing this ad made in such poor taste. The imp of 6 airbags could hv been shown in many other ways...This ad is wrong in so many ways!! @nitin_gadkari.”

Yeh kya wahiyat ad hai?@akshaykumar sahab ladke waalon ko sandesh de rahe hain ke car wohi dahej mein lena jismein 6 air bags hon. Do the Govt and this celebrity even know what they are promoting? https://t.co/ip9eewMek0
— Rakhi Tripathi (@rakhitripathi) September 12, 2022

Now we have the Indian government promoting #dowry. @akshaykumar what message are you giving out by endorsing this ad made in such poor taste. The imp of 6 airbags could hv been shown in many other ways...This ad is wrong in so many ways!! @nitin_gadkari https://t.co/tIxsubzxZz
— Vandana Mahajan (@oceanblue11oct) September 12, 2022

This government ad promotes dowry and shrinks the responsibility of better and without pot holes road. #ministryofhighways @akshaykumar after Tobacco,dowry promotion.☹️ https://t.co/SRuV5oWX3A
— WMR (@IamAdvRizvi) September 12, 2022

@akshaykumar - why show a father gifting an expensive car to his daughter? Why not his son? Hey guys, get over age-old traditions! Do not promote dowry and other such repugnant customs with such suggestive ads- the one highlighting the six airbags!!
— sunitaoak (@sunita1563) September 12, 2022

Gadkari ji .. I rate you as the smartest minister in Modi ji cabinet n the one who is truly doing his work but how could u allow an ad promoting dowry ? n may b its in lighter vein but BJP has only promoted this culture of baal ki khaal for everything
— IndianFirst (@IndiaFirst2047) September 12, 2022

The ad would have looked a tad better if @akshaykumar went to the 'husband' Or 'father in law' instead of the girl's father.
— Shreya (@shreyag4) September 12, 2022

The ad about the bride’s car having just 2 airbags starring Akshay kumar is crass.. an obvious reference to Cyrus Mistry’s unfortunate accident. The subject of airbags can be treated with more sensitivity
— Dr Suman Sahai (@SumanSahai) September 12, 2022

There are millions who are not still having two square meals per day and our minister speaks of six air bag car as a dowry..thank you ..one more worst part of the ad is @akshaykumar 🤕 https://t.co/8347WaVtw6
— Kranthiquotes (@kranthimirinda) September 11, 2022

Clearly, the concept behind the video was to promote safety with six airbags, but it ended up facing severe criticism for ‘promoting the practice of dowry’.

Shiv Sena leader Priyanka Chaturvedi wondered who passes such creatives that end up ‘promoting the evil and criminal act of dowry’.

A user called out the central government for propagating dowry in the name of spreading awareness about road safety.

Another user wrote, “It is 2022 and the Govt of India cannot get a message of road safety across without also promoting giving car as dowry (which as per Indian law is, by the way, illegal). Great going.”

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