Priyanka, who met Modi in Berlin yesterday, uploaded a picture of hers with the PM on social media, where she was trolled for wearing a knee-length dress that showed her legs.
The 34-year-old model-turned-actress was in Berlin to promote her debut Hollywood film "Baywatch".
"She is someone we all should be proud of in our country...She is making our country proud abroad. All this is very stupid and social media trolling is not something that needs to become a national issue," Varun said.
Apparently unfazed by the trolling, the "Quantico" actress today posted a picture of her and her mother wearing a short dress and captioned it: "Legs for the day...
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