'This Is My Dad's Battle, I Will Let Him Fight It And I Will Stand By Him,' Says Mallika Dua Responding To Sexual Harassment Allegations On Her Father

Comedian Mallika Dua who has been strongly supporting #MeToo must have been in a shock, when her far, a veteran journalist Vid Dua got caught in storm of movement. Mr Dua was accused by filmmaker Nishtha Jain. In an elaborate post on Facebook, filmmaker narrated her ordeal and claimed that he h sexually harassed her in June 1989. In post, she also mentioned controversial incident where Vid Dua's daughter Mallika Dua, a popular comedian was at receiving end of a sexist remark by actor Akshay Kumar. 

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Responding to allegation me by Jain, Mallika Dua put out her statement on matter and said that she is in solidarity with movement and she felt that dragging her name was in a b taste. She also gave her piece of mind to all trolls on internet. 

In her statement, she wrote, "If at all my far is truly guilty of what you described, it is unacceptable, traumatic and painful. I am in solidarity with movement and in support of voices but your dragging my name into this was in terrible taste. To opportunist bhakts and RW trolls, and those making this about me, F**k off. I'm still going to stand up against bigotry, misogyny, stand up for survivors, and for whatever hell I believe in. thing gets to kill my vibe and I am t sorry."

She furr wrote, "To everyone else, This is t my battle to fight. It is t MY responsibility or MY shame or MY burden. I will deal with this my way and on my time. Stop forcing women to give statements for your entertainment. I stand with movement and will t let its objectives, ideals and purpose be hijacked by shamers.This is my d's battle, I will let him fight it and I will stand by him."

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Several or rewned personalities including Vikas Bahl, Alok Nath, Subhash Ghai, and Karim Morani among ors, have been accused of alleged sexual harassment. se revelations have created a huge stir in Hindi film industry and many Bollywood stars have spoken up against offenders and extended ir support to  assault survivors.