Aly Goni breaks silence on Ganesh Chaturthi video controversy, says "Hum puja wagera nahi karte”

Aly Goni addresses controversy

Television actor Aly Goni, known for his role in Yeh Hai Mohabbatein, recently joined his girlfriend, Jasmine Bhasin, for the Ganesh Chaturthi celebration at her home. The actor was seen enjoying the festivity, but later found himself in the middle of a controversy after a video went viral on social media.

In the viral video, Jasmine asked Aly to chant "Ganpati Bappa Mourya" with her and Nia Sharma, but he remained silent because he seemed a little uneasy. Several critics slammed Aly for not chanting.

However, Aly has now addressed the controversy, revealing that it was his first time at the festivity. He also admitted that he wasn’t aware that he had to chant ‘Ganpati Bappa Mourya’.

In a recent conversation with Filmygyan, Aly shared, “mere ko samajh hi nahi aaya ki matlab agar mai apna khyaalon me tha, mai kaha pe tha… mai soch raha tha, kya kar raha tha maine kabhi itna dhayaan hi nahi diya ki ye cheez ko le ke bhi itni badi problem ban sakti hai (I did not understand what it meant. If I was in my thoughts, where was I… I was thinking, what was I doing. I never paid enough attention that even taking these things could create such a big problem).”

He added, “Mai pehli baar gaya hun ganapati me… mai jata nahi hun. yeah because see mere ko nahi pata ki jab kahi puja ho rahi hoti hai… ( this is the first time I have gone to Ganpati… I don’t go there because I don’t know when a puja is being performed somewhere).”

The actor further noted, “Ganapati ki puja ho rahi thi… mujhe kabhi samjh nahi aaya ki mera waha ja kr koi matalab nahi kyunki mujhe nahi pata waha kya karna hai (Ganapati puja was going on… I never understood that there was no point in me going there because I didn’t know what to do).”

Aly elaborated, “mai aaj tak poori zindagi yahi sochta raha ki mujhse kuch galat cheez na hojaye waha par ki sab puja kar rahe ho aur mai… qki mai bahut random hun… mai kabhi kuch bhi bol leta hun.. kuch bhi kar leta hun (Till today I have been thinking throughout my life that I should not do something wrong, everyone is worshipping there and I… because I am very random… I say anything at times… I do anything).”

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“It’s not allowed in my religion. Hum puja wagera nahi karte. Humara ek one believer hai. namaaz karte dua karte (It's not allowed my religion. We don't do puja. We have one believer. We pray and do namaaz),” continued Aly.

Aly concluded, “respect each and every religion ye humare… matlab mai keh nahi sakta lekin likha gya hai Quran me we have to respect everybody and I do (Respect each and every religion, I mean, I can't say, but it is written in the Quran).”