Anjali Raghav reacts to Pawan Singh’s apology over unwanted touch: ‘He is elder to me and a senior artiste…’

On Saturday, Anjali Raghav took to Instagram to share two videos explaining what happened at the event and how it left her stressed. In the video, she said in Hindi, “I have been very disturbed for the past two days. I am continuously getting DMs asking why I didn’t say anything, why I didn’t take any action, why I didn’t slap, regarding the Lucknow incident. And some people are even blaming me; on some memes they are writing, ‘She was laughing, she was enjoying it.’ Do you think I would feel happy or enjoy being touched in public like that?”

She added, “I absolutely do not support touching any girl without her permission. To begin with, it is very wrong. And to touch someone in this manner is extremely wrong. Agar yeh Haryana main hua hota toh jawab dene ki zarurat nahi padti (If the same thing had happened in Haryana, I wouldn’t even have needed to respond); the public there would have given the answer themselves. But I was in their place, in Lucknow. Main Bhojpuri industry mein ab kaam nahi karungi (I will no longer work in the Bhojpuri industry).”

See videos of Anjali Raghav here:

 

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Recently, Pawan Singh took to his Instagram Stories and shared a brief note in Hindi, which read, “Anjali ji, vyasth schedule ke kaaran main aapka live dekh nahi paaya. Mujhe jab iss baat ki jaankari huyi, toh mujhe bura laga (Anjali, due to my busy schedule, I couldn’t watch your live. When I came to know about the matter, I felt very bad).”

He added, “Mera aapke prati koi bhi ghalat intention nahi tha kyuki humlog kalakaar hai. Iske bawajood, agar aapko humari kisi bhi byawahaar se taqleef huyi ho toh uske liye main shama prarthi hoon (I had no wrong intention towards you as we are artistes. Even then, if you were hurt by my behaviour, then I apologise).”

Reacting to Pawan Singh’s apology, Anjali Raghav wrote on her Instagram story, “Pawan Singh ji ne apni galti ki manfi mangli hai. wo mujhse bade hai aur senior artist hai … maine unhe manf kar dia hai … mai is bat ko aur aage nahi badhana chahti jai shree ram (Pawan Singh ji has apologized for his mistake. He is elder to me and a senior artiste… I have forgiven him… I do not want to take this matter further).”

Amid the backlash over Pawan Singh’s gesture, his second wife, Jyoti Singh, also shared a post on Instagram, accusing the actor-singer of neglecting her for months.

 

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Besides the hit track “Lagavelu Lipstick”, Pawan Singh also sang the Stree 2 song “Aayi Nai”.