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'Bollywood robs women's dignity': BJP turns on the heat in Parliament

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Published : Sep 21, 2020, 6:39 PM IST

BJP MP and actress Roopa Ganguly staged a sit-in protest in Parliament complex over allegations against Anurag Kashyap and said that the Bollywood industry kills people and sexually abuses.BJP's Lok Sabha member Ravi Kishan had also raised the matter in the House.

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New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party's MP, Roopa Ganguly on Monday alleged that that Bollywood "kills people" and sexually abuses them. She also raised the issue of sexual assault and sat in protest in the Parliament complex with banners, posters in hand, demanding strict action against the accused, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap after actor Payal Ghosh had accused the Bollywood director of sexual harassment.

Ganguly protested in front of the famous Gandhi statue in Parliament House.

Late last night, in a veiled reference to Kashyap, BJP's Lok Sabha member Ravi Kishan had raised the matter in the House. He talked about a "famous director".

Earlier actor Payal Ghosh, who levelled the charges against Kashyap told IANS, "I was molested by a very famous director. The director told me that girls he works with have a 'gala time' with him. The circumstances created at that moment were very embarrassing.''

Asked to name the director, the actress said: "It was Anurag Kashyap who tried to molest me in 2014."

Kashyap has denied all sexual assault allegations levelled against him.

Also Read: BJP MP Roopa Ganguly protests in parliament seeking action against Anurag Kashyap

IANS

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party's MP, Roopa Ganguly on Monday alleged that that Bollywood "kills people" and sexually abuses them. She also raised the issue of sexual assault and sat in protest in the Parliament complex with banners, posters in hand, demanding strict action against the accused, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap after actor Payal Ghosh had accused the Bollywood director of sexual harassment.

Ganguly protested in front of the famous Gandhi statue in Parliament House.

Late last night, in a veiled reference to Kashyap, BJP's Lok Sabha member Ravi Kishan had raised the matter in the House. He talked about a "famous director".

Earlier actor Payal Ghosh, who levelled the charges against Kashyap told IANS, "I was molested by a very famous director. The director told me that girls he works with have a 'gala time' with him. The circumstances created at that moment were very embarrassing.''

Asked to name the director, the actress said: "It was Anurag Kashyap who tried to molest me in 2014."

Kashyap has denied all sexual assault allegations levelled against him.

Also Read: BJP MP Roopa Ganguly protests in parliament seeking action against Anurag Kashyap

IANS

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