After Congress leader and Rajasthan LoP Tikaram Jully called Madhuri Dixit a second-grade actress, Deputy CM Diya Kumari slammed his remarks as shameful. "Every actor should be respected...He said something absurd about a woman actor," Kumari said. Discussing IIFA Awards 2025, Jully had said, "What benefit did we get from IIFA? Except for Shah Rukh Khan, all were second-grade actors."