‘Greater than a trending hashtag’: On-line petition seeks Sajid Khan’s eviction from Bigg Boss Season 16

A Change.org petition looking for the eviction of controversial filmmaker Sajid Khan from the favored actuality present Bigg Boss Season 16 has garnered over 7,100 signatures to this point. The petition stated the filmmaker’s look on the newest season of Bigg Boss implies that he’s “being allowed to redeem and whitewash his picture by taking part on Bigg Boss, a actuality present watched by thousands and thousands” within the nation.

The petition additionally acknowledged that that is greater than a mere social media marketing campaign and is a combat for all these girls who’ve confronted abuse. It moreover learn, “The least we will do just isn’t make a mockery out of their struggling by selling him on a platform like Bigg Boss. Bigg Boss utilizing the ache, trauma and anger of Indians to generate publicity is deeply hurtful. We can not and won’t stand by as this occurs.”

The petition comes after Twitter customers condemned Bigg Boss makers for choosing Khan as one of many contestants on the present. Ambarsariya singer Sona Mohapatra tweeted, “That is Sajid Khan, now on a actuality TV present. Then there’s Anu Malik judging a music actuality present on TV, for kids no much less. Kailash Kher? Celeb choose on TV. ALL referred to as out by so many many ladies in #MeToo. Indian TV channels, executives are certainly wicked and unhappy lot.”

A person wrote, “By permitting Sajid Khan to take part in a actuality present, the business has proven it hates girls greater than it loves predators.”

Sajid Khan was accused of sexual misconduct by nearly seven girls in the course of the #MeToo motion in 2018. In accordance with the Change.org petition, Khan was accused of flashing his personal components in entrance of girls at events, asking feminine actors to ship nude pictures, watching porn in entrance of feminine employees and speaking in a sexually degrading method to girls.

Late Jiah Khan’s sister Karishma additionally accused the Housefull director of sexually harassing the actress. Karishma stated in a documentary titled Loss of life in Bollywood, “When she (Jiah) was requested by Sajid Khan to take her prime off, she got here house and cried. She stated, ‘I’ve a contract, so if I go away, they’ll sue me and slander my title. If I keep, then I’m sexually harassed.’ It’s a lose-lose sitation.’ ” She added Sajid additionally made advances of sexual nature in direction of her however Jiah saved her within the nick of time.

The Humshakals director has nonetheless denied these allegations and tweeted, “Within the wake of the allegations towards me and the strain being placed on my household, my producer [and] the celebrities of my movie Housefull 4, I have to take the ethical accountability of stepping down from my directorial put up, until the time I can allay the allegations and show the reality… I request my associates within the media to kindly not cross judgement until the reality is out.”

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