21-09-2020

India Parliament

Actor and BJP MP Roopa Ganguly has attacked the Hindi film industry claiming it makes people �drug addict� and �kills them�. She also demanded action against Anurag Kashyap after Payal Ghosh accused him of sexual misconduct.

Bharatiya Janata Party�s Member of Parliament Roopa Ganguly on Monday alleged that the Mumbai film industry �kills people� and makes them �drug addict�. �Mumbai film industry kills people, makes them drug addict, and keep insulting a woman, but nobody is doing anything. Mumbai Police remains silent. It does not take action,� Ganguly has said.�Why is the Bollywood silent over the sexual harassment charges levelled by Payal Ghosh against Anurag Kashyap? Why Mumbai Police is not taking any action against Anurag Kashyap?� she asked.

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap�s lawyer on Monday rejected �the false allegations of sexual misconduct� levelled against his client, terming it �completely false, malicious and dishonest�.Actor Payal Ghosh had accused the Bollywood director Anurag Kashyap of sexual harassment. The filmmaker has denied the allegations and said he intends to pursue �remedies in law� to the �fullest extent�.

Issuing a statement through his lawyer, Kashyap also said it was sad that a movement as important as the #MeToo one had been co-opted by vested interests and reduced to a �mere tool for character assassination�.