Bhopal, November 12, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
Bollywood actor Kareena Kapoor Khan has received support from Hindu organisations after a Madhya Pradesh Congress spokesperson issued her a legal notice over photographs showing her wearing a vintage emerald pendant bearing a Quranic verse.
Hindu Utsav Samiti president Chandra Shekhar Tiwari defended the actor, saying she had no reason to apologise over wearing the heirloom jewellery. The Hindu Utsav Samiti and Sanskriti Bachao Manch have also expressed support for her.
The controversy began after Congress spokesperson Abbas Hafeez, through his advocate Mohammad Zafar, sent Kareena a legal notice seeking the removal of the photographs and related social media posts, a public apology and an assurance that the religious inscription would not be displayed in a manner considered disrespectful.
Hafeez clarified that his objection was not to Kareena wearing the pendant but to the way the Quranic inscription had been presented on social media. He claimed that the photographs had hurt the religious sentiments of Muslims. He also maintained that the issue was his personal initiative and should not be linked to the Congress party or its political position.
Zafar said the pendant carried a verse from the Quran, which is sacred in Islam, and referred to religious practices concerning ritual ablution before touching or reciting holy texts.
The pendant was described by celebrity stylist Rhea Kapoor as an approximately 200-year-old heirloom associated with the former royal family of Bhopal. She had shared photographs of Kareena wearing it as part of her Diwali look.
Supporting the actor, Tiwari said a pendant was meant to be worn around the neck, close to the heart, and argued that Kareena would not have worn it in a place considered disrespectful.
He also pointed to Kareena’s family connection with the erstwhile Bhopal royal household. Her husband, actor Saif Ali Khan, is the grandson of Hamidullah Khan, the last ruling Nawab of Bhopal. Saif’s grandmother, Sajida Sultan, was Hamidullah Khan’s daughter and married Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi. Their son was former India cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Saif’s father.
There was no immediate public response from Kareena or her representatives to the legal notice.
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