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A year back, Bollywood singer Sona Mohapatra along with Shweta Pandit accused music composer Anu Malik of molestation in several interviews. Malik who was then seen as a judge in the tenth season of the singing reality show Indian Idol was removed from the position. The makers, however, did not disclose the reason behind Malik’s exit, reports were rife that #MeToo allegations against him played a pivotal part in the entire scene.
Cut to 2019, Indian Idol is back with its eleventh season and the same jury which includes Neha Kakkar, Vishal Dadlani, and Anu Malik. Malik’s reinstation on the show did not go down well with Sona, who had accused Malik of sexual misconduct in her past interviews.
In a series of tweets, Sona shared the snippets of her past interviews and slammed the makers of the show for bringing back a #MeToo accused.
“It takes only a Nirbhaya level tragedy for #India to wake up? A few days after these, I was asked to leave my judge seat. My co-judge told me,the publicity I provided to Anu Malik took up the trps of our ‘rival’ show. (?!) A year later,a sexual predator is back on the same seat,” she wrote.
It takes only a Nirbhaya level tragedy for #India to wake up? Few days after these👇🏾,I was asked to leave my judge seat. My co-judge told me,the publicity I provided to Anu Malik took up the trps of our ‘rival’ show. (?!) A year later,a sexual predator is back on the same seat. pic.twitter.com/HFaLCOAXzZ
— Sona Mohapatra (@sonamohapatra) October 29, 2019
Another Twitter user came forward to share what happened when she tried to raise her voice against the decision of the makers of bringing back Malik on the show. “Whenever I waged war against #IndianIdol11 people said but where is the proof?? Every girl should try to collect proof while getting molested as per these morons. And how could the other 2 judges are doing the show is beyond my understanding? Money is everything after all.”
Whenever I waged war against #IndianIdol11 people said but where is the proof?? Every girl should try to collect proof while getting molested as per these morons. And how could the other 2 judges are doing the show is beyond my understanding. Money is everything after all.
— $um∆π∆ (@sumananag17) October 29, 2019
Sona also slammed Vishal Dadlani for sharing the screen space with Malik. “I did call up @VishalDadlani when I first heard about Anu Malik being reinstated as a judge alongside him. He said a bunch of things (to mostly feel good about himself) & then asked not to be ‘quoted’. (?!) I don’t have to quote anything you said, none of it made any sense anyway,” she wrote.
I did call up @VishalDadlani when I first heard about Anu Malik being reinstated as a judge alongside him. He said a bunch of things (to mostly feel good about himself) & then asked not to be ‘quoted’. (?!) I don’t have to quote anything you said, none of it made any sense anyway https://t.co/hUh1XKbeBp
— Sona Mohapatra (@sonamohapatra) October 29, 2019
Sonu Nigam championed the cause of Anu Malik publicly & his right to be earning millions on nationalTV while saying he’s his mothers son etc to justify his understanding of @IndiaMeToo . Had called Ram Sampath to ‘keep me in check’ while calling me a ‘terrorist’.Must be happy now https://t.co/6dPdbU8zQg
— Sona Mohapatra (@sonamohapatra) October 30, 2019
The few who do support & fight alongside are the ones on the right side of history.The ones who champion the cause of sexual offenders,troll me,look the other way,ignore,even pretend it’s not their problem are the ones who need to feel low for being low lives.I’m ok.I’m fine 🙂 https://t.co/4dfwOaAy2c
— Sona Mohapatra (@sonamohapatra) October 30, 2019
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