Asim Riaz, Sidharth Shukla and Salman Khan from Bigg Boss 13 finale. (courtesy: asimriaz.worldwide)

New Delhi:

Sidharth Shukla’s sudden death in 2021 got here as a shock to his mates, followers and members of the leisure trade. Over a yr later, followers and colleagues proceed to have a good time the actor in quite a few methods. A working example is followers trending the actor’s title on Twitter as a hashtag on Thursday and sharing his outdated movies and pictures. The Twitter pattern comes shut on the heels of Sidharth Shukla’s fellow Bigg Boss finalist Asim Riaz claiming in an interview that Sidharth’s win on the present was rigged. Asim Riaz and Sidharth Shukla began as shut mates on the present, nonetheless, cracks quickly appeared of their bond because the present proceeded. Now, Asim’s new remarks have left Sidharth’s followers fuming with many sharing their displeasure on social media.

It all began when Asim Riaz, in an interview with RJ Siddharth Kanan, stated that the end result of the present was predetermined in Sidharth Shukla’s favour. In the clip, Asim says, “Mere dauran unhone kya kiya just because they didn’t want to make me win… they declared aaj hi hum online voting khol denge. 15 minute ke dauran… jeetana hai jeetao jisko (The Bigg Boss makers did not want me to win. They opened an online voting option for 15 minutes to ensure who they preferred won). Come on man, just say you don’t want me to win. You made it so obvious that we had to believe that you did it. Whatever. But I was like – ‘okay’.”

Take a take a look at Asim Riaz’s feedback right here:

Ye aj bhi vahi pe hai isliye kuch nhi kr pa rha. Season is 0v€r bro, and #SidharthShukla is probably the most deserving winner within the historical past of #BiggBoss settle for it and transfer forward. ????pic.twitter.com/TZZS77FCgP

— ???????????????????????????? ✧ (@medico_sane) February 25, 2023

Needless to say, Asim Riaz’s statements gained lots of consideration from Bigg Boss viewers and Sidharth Shukla’s followers. Following the interview, singer Shehbaz Badesha shared a tweet that stated, “Some people still don’t understand sher ek hi hai aur ek hi rehta hai (there is only one lion),” which followers consider is a dig at Asim. 

For the unversed, Shehbaz Badesha is the brother of actress Shehnaaz Gill. Shehnaaz and Sidharth were rumoured to be dating after the present and on the time of the actor’s loss of life.

Shehnaaz Gill was additionally a contestant on Bigg Boss alongside Sidharth Shukla and Asim Riaz and earned widespread reward for her efficiency within the actuality present and her bond with Sidharth.

Some folks nonetheless do not perceive sher ek hello hai aur ek hello rehta hai????

— Shehbaz Badesha (@ShehbazBadesha) February 26, 2023

In the identical interview, Asim Riaz additionally claimed that he dreamt of Sidharth Shukla earlier than the actor’s loss of life. Asim stated: “He got here in my dream, brother. I swear. I knew it earlier than…I’ve spent 140 days with him in that (Bigg Boss) home. I used to be actually linked as a result of I had no mates exterior and aisa connection kisi se hua hello nahi kabhi bhai. Matlab ladna toh 4-4 din, hasna toh 4-4 din (I did not have a reference to anybody else like this earlier than. We fought and laughed collectively.)”

Sidharth Shukla died of a heart attack in September 2021. He was 40.