BJP actor and politician Jaya Prada has endorsed BJP MP Ravi Kishan’s remarks on the scourge of drugs, and has said Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan is politicizing the issue. Bachchan during Tuesday’s session of Parliament expressed disappointment at Ravi’s comments about drug use in the film industry.
Jaya Prada said, according to ANI, “I fully support Ravi Kishan ji’s comments about saving young people from the problem of drug trafficking, addiction. We need to speak out against drug use and we need to save our youth. I think Jaya Bachchan ji is doing politics on the subject. “
Bachchan, citing a ‘conspiracy to defame the film industry,’ said on the second day of the Monsoon Session in Parliament: “People in the entertainment industry are being flogged by social media. People who made a name for themselves in the industry have called it a gutter. I completely disagree. I hope the government will tell those people not to use this kind of language. “Previously, Kangana Ranaut had called the film industry a ‘gutter’ and claimed that 99% of the people who work in it have been exposed to the drugs.
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Bachchan had also expressed surprise at Ravi Kishan’s comments on Monday. “Just because there are a few people, you can’t tarnish the image of the entire industry. I am ashamed that yesterday one of our Lok Sabha members, who is from the film industry, spoke out against it. It’s a shame, ”he had said.
Ravi responded to their comments. ANI quoted him as saying, “I was hoping Jaya ji would support what I said. Not everyone in the industry uses drugs, but those who do are part of a plan to take down the largest film industry in the world. When Jaya ji and I got together, the situation was not like that, but now we have to protect the industry. “The Bhojpuri actor had alleged that Pakistan and China smuggle drugs into India, in a ploy to corrupt young people.
Many members of the industry, including Sonam Kapoor, Richa Chadha, and Farhan Akhtar, praised Bachchan’s comments and appreciated that she took a stand for the rest of them. “I send my best wishes to Jaya Ji. For those of you who don’t know, please see what the spinal cord looks like, ”wrote filmmaker Anubhav Sinha on Twitter.
The issue of drugs in Bollywood came to light after the arrest of actress Rhea Chakraborty, who reportedly told investigators about a culture of drug abuse in the film industry during her interrogations in the death case of Sushant Singh Rajput. Kangana stuck to this narrative and has been talking about it publicly.
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