Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal has written to Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur demanding the ouster of filmmaker Sajid Khan from the reality show Bigg Boss. For the unversed, Sajid was accused of sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviour by several women during the #MeToo movement in 2018. Sajid was suspended for a year by the Indian Film and Television Directors’ Association (IFTDA) in 2018 after multiple women accused him of sexual harassment.
“Ten women had accused Sajid Khan of sexual harassment during the #MeToo movement. All these complaints show the disgusting mentality of Sajid. Now, this man has been given a place in Bigg Boss, which is wrong. I have written to @ianuragthakur to have Sajid Khan removed from this show,” Swati tweeted on Monday.
10 #MeToo Bigg Boss @ianuragthakur ! pic.twitter.com/4ao9elyvkk
— Swati Maliwal (@SwatiJaiHind) October 10, 2022
Apart from Sajid, Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia, Sreejita De, Tinaa Dattaa, Abdu Rozik, Gautam Vig, Priyanka Chahar Choudhary, Ankita Gupta, Shalin Bhanot, Gori Nagori, Archana Gautam, Manya Singh, Sumbul Touqeer, Shiv Thakare, Soundarya Sharma and MC Stan are currently participating in Bigg Boss 16.
The first episode of Bigg Boss’ 16th season aired on October 1.
