News Mania / Piyal Chatterjee / 18th October 2024
A Mumbai-based actress has accused BJP politician Puneet Tyagi of sexual exploitation, leading to Tyagi’s resignation as the party’s city unit chairman in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. According to The Indian Express, Tyagi resigned to preserve the party’s reputation even though he denied the allegations. In a video posted on social media and X, the actress, who claims to have acted in more than 250 regional films, accused Tyagi of long-term exploitation and mental anguish.
The actress said in the video. “The BJP leader had developed a rapport with my…son by giving him gifts frequently and then started sending me bouquets and other gifts. I had been living with my son in Mumbai after ending ties with my husband. The BJP leader’s intimacy with my son and good behaviour with me had prompted me to think that I had found support in my life. We had intimate relations for a few months and later he distanced himself,”
According to Saharanpur Senior Superintendent of Police Rohit Singh Sajwan, Tyagi has not yet been the subject of a police complaint. The BJP leadership has not made any formal statements regarding the state of affairs or its plans for the future. She added, “I complained to the prime minister, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, and prominent BJP leaders, but nobody listened.”
Puneet Tyagi vehemently denied the allegation but stepped down from the post. Sending his resignation to BJP Uttar Pradesh chief Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh, he said “Still I am submitting my resignation because I do not want the image of our party to be sullied by statements like this… The truth will come out in the open soon and I am ready to accept any decision taken by my party leadership. I am totally innocent.”
