'Women in Bollywood go for drugs, men pray for their better-half': Actor-MP Mimi Chakraborty on drugs case

Actress-turned-politician Mimi Chakraborty, on Tuesday took to her verified Twitter handle to share her opinion on the alleged Bollywood-drugs nexus that is currently being probed by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) as part of investigations in the Sushant singh Rajput death case.

A TMC leader and Member of Parliament from West Bengal's Jadavpur constituency, Mimi had a sarcastic take on the matter after several B-town actresses including Deepika Padukone, Rakulpreet Singh, Sara Ali Khan, among others were summoned by the NCB.

Talking about how 'patriarchy women' in Bollywood are being named in the drugs-related case with no mention of male actors by the federal investigating agency, she wrote that the men in the industry only 'cook and clean and pray for their better half'. 

Mimi wrote on Twitter, "Yes patriarchy Women in bollywood go for Hash nd drugs or whatever nd men in bollywood cook nd clean nd pray for their better half wit joined hands nd tears in eye “Bhagwan unki raksha karna” (sic)."

Yes patriarchy Women in bollywood go for Hash nd drugs or whatever nd men in bollywood cook nd clean nd pray for their better half wit joined hands nd tears in eye “Bhagwan unki raksha karna”

— Mimssi (@mimichakraborty) September 24, 2020

Earlier, on September 15, a taxi driver was arrested for allegedly making lewd comments against the actor turned TMC MP Mimi Chakraborty while she was traveling in her car. The Bengali film actress protested and later filed a complaint in Gariahat police station. 

For the unversed, Indian film actress and Member of Parliament from Amravati, Maharashtra, Navaneet Kaur Rana also raised questions regarding the investigation into the alleged drug nexus in Bollywood. 

Rana asked why only are female stars were being 'exposed' and the names of male actors was being kept hidden. She also asked if the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), who is investigating the case, was not not revealing the names of male stars because of their stature. She also asked, why is action not being taken against the film directors and actors in the video of an alleged drug party?

Meanwhile, Bombay High Court adjourned hearing in bail pleas of Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik Chakraborty for September 29, 2020. 

On Wednesday, Bombay HC had declared a holiday due to heavy rain in Mumbai as revealed by Rhea's lawyer. Rhea and her brother had on Tuesday moved bail applications in the Bombay High Court in connection with a drug case related to the death of Sushant. Meanwhile, a special (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) court on Wednesday extended till October 6 the judicial custody of Rhea Chakraborty.