Ahead of the upcoming State Legislative elections in West Bengal, actress-turned-TMC politician Saayoni Ghosh was harassed and manhandled by her own party members, reported ETV Bharat. She will be contesting the polls from the Asansol Dakshin constituency. During a campaign rally in Banpur on Sunday, Ghosh was seen running from her party members after they gheraoed her from all sides. She met several locals during the campaign trail, occasionally shaking hands and urging them to vote for the Trinamool Congress. In a video shared by ETV Bharat, TMC workers were seen huddling to stand closer to the actress, invading her private space and causing her discomfort.
A Twitter user, Chayan Chatterjee, shared the video with the caption, “Trinamool candidate from Asansol Saayoni Ghosh, forced to run after being harassed by her own party members.”
The viral image was also shared on the Facebook page of Saayoni Gupta and found that she had posted the same video of her running on March 22. According to the description, the video was of Saayoni’s election campaign in Asansol Dakshin. In the same video, at around 2:38 timestamp, she can be seen running.
A YouTube channel, Sangbad Pratidin, shared a video where various instances of Saayoni running during the campaign were captured. The video was titled, “TMC Candidate Saayoni Ghosh running again, uploaded a video on Facebook.” Hence, it was not for the first time that Saayoni was running during the campaign.
Saayoni Ghosh, in an interview spoke and said, “I am
who wants to meet as many people in my constituency as I can. So I run to cover distances so that I can meet more people.” She also slammed Twitter handles that have shared her video claiming that her party workers harassed her. She said, “I was not harassed at all. I run to cover distances. Anyways, it’s my legs, so I can choose if I want to run or not.”
Hence, a video of Saayoni running out of her own will is being shared with a false narration of her running away as her party workers harassed her.
