Anushka Sharma & Virat Kohli seeking publicity by scolding littering man? "C'mon", says MoS Home Kiren Rijiju! Read here

After Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, now, MoS Home Kiren Rijiju has also entered the swirling debate around Virat Kohli posting a video of his wife Anushka Sharma scolding a man for littering.

Taking to Twitter, Rijiju has hit back at all those people, including the man who littered and his mother, who alleged that the star couple's motive for posting such a video was 'publicity'.

Rijiju wrote:

"C'mon, Virat & Anushka need publicity!! They would rather crave for privacy!! Our conduct reflects our mentality. Civic sense is social ethics and ethical behaviour doesn't come with wealth & education. Let's keep India clean. #SwachhBharat"

Earlier, the man who got scolded admitted that he had thrown plastic out of his car but slammed Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma for the latter's angry response.

Then, his mother escalated matters in an unsparing response where she accused Virat and Anushka of exposing her son to hostility from lunatics and danger from fanatics:

Virat Kohli, who initially posted the video, has only offered one follow-up, rebuking people for making jokes and memes on the matter:

And here's the post that kicked everything off:

Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had backed Anushka Sharma too, saying: