Sagarika Ghose makes 'sexist videos' claim as Pawan Singh turns down BJP ticket
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Sagarika Ghose makes 'sexist videos' claim as Pawan Singh turns down BJP ticket

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress leader Sagarika Ghose on Sunday claimed that Bhojpuri actor-singer Pawan Singh declined the Bharatiya Janata Party's ticket for the Lok Sabha elections from Asansol because of her party's backlash over the "candidate's sexist, misogynist' videos. All India Trinamool Congress leader Sagarika Ghose Trinamool's Rajya Sabha MP-elect, Sagarika Ghose said the BJP's Nari Shakti call in West Bengal is hollow and meaningless. The BJP's 'nari shakti' call in Bengal now lies in tatters, revealed for what it is--hollow and meaningless," she wrote on X. Pawan Singh, who featured in the BJP's first list of candidates as the party's Asansol candidate, refused to contest the elections from the seat, which is currently held by TMC leader and actor Shatrughan Sinha. BJP's first list In its first list, the BJP included West Bengal unit president Sukanta Majumdar and union ministers Nisith Pramanik and Shantanu Thakur.

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