The Press Club Of India supports the boycott of Kangana Ranaut

Mumbai:

The Press Club of India said Saturday that it supported the decision of the Entertainment Journalists Guild to boycott the actor Kangana Ranaut for refusing to apologize for hitting the journalist of PTI at a press conference. Members of the Press Club of India said in a statement worrying about this incident and condemned the behavior and language of Kangana Ranaut with respect to journalist Justin Rao, a journalist at PTI.

"The Indian Press Club is appalled, distressed and shocked by the incident involving a Bollywood actress who uses uncivilized, uneducated, rude and abusive language against journalists, We condemn in the strongest possible terms, this behavior and the abuses against journalists are unacceptable We support the decision to boycott journalists The declaration is as follows:

Friday, the Mumbai Press Club also condemned Ranaut's behavior towards the media, in particular the PTI journalist, who in a press release accused Ranaut of carrying out a "defamation campaign" against her. and at his last liberation Manikarnika Instead of making amends, the publication added that Rangoli Chandel, the sister and director of Kangana, had launched an "abusive" e media on Twitter

While JudgeMentall Hai Kya Producer Ekta Kapoor apologized for this incident. Kangana Ranaut refused to do so. The Entertainment Journalists Guild, who raised the issue for the first time, said it was not the first time Ms. Ranaut and her sister-manager insulted and abused journalists. This is now part of their unprofessional conduct, "the statement said.

The Mumbai Press Club said it was at the request of" Guild "entertainment journalists, who wanted Ranaut to be excused by Ranaut's behavior The Press Club of India has also supported the Mumbai Press Club to conduct a thorough investigation into this case.

"The Press Club of India wants to make a call to the healthier and more civilized members of Bollywood so that they outweigh these uncivilized people and undisciplined elements and entities of their industry. We hope and expect reason and wisdom to prevail, "reads the statement.

The Committee of Accredited Correspondents of the State of Uttar Pradesh (UPSACC) also expressed his anger at the incident and asked the unconditional apology to the actor.On 7 July Ranaut had accused Justin Rao of having written about his film Manikarnika . denied the allegations and alleged that the actor himself had sent him a message and had spent three hours in his van.He said he briefly met the actor for an interview and no personal message. [19659003] Thursday, Kangana Ranaut posted a video stating that she would not excuse herself.

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