However, Amit Mishra slammed Akshay Kumar's haters, calling them out for standing against the Indian Army.
"What has happened to our priorities? Instead of asking that actress to apologise for mocking Galvan martyrs, people are hounding Akshay Kumar and others who are standing with the Indian Army."
Earlier, the former India spinner had also hit back at Richa Chadha for her tweet.
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"Absolutely sickening to say the least.. respect our fallen soldiers, respect those who give their all so that you can sleep peacefully at night," he wrote on Twitter.
After facing huge backlash on her take on the issue, Chadha later issued an apology that read, "Even though it can never be my intention in the least, if the 3 words which are being dragged into a controversy have offended or hurt anyone, I apologise."