Popular south Indian actor-turned-politician Khushbu Sundar who is busy these days with her political campaigns, slapped a youth during an election rally in Bengaluru. The incident came to light when a video went viral on Twitter.
A video showing actress-turned-politician Khushbu Sundar slapping a man over alleged misbehaviour during a rally here has gone viral on the social media.
Khushbu Sundar joined the Indian National Congress in 2014
In the brief video clip available on Twitter, the Congress spokesperson is seen jostling for space in a crowd and then suddenly turning and slapping a man before a policeman takes him away.
This is called Kapala Moksha in Kannada. @khushsundar slapped a man who tried to misbehave with her while campaigning for Bengaluru Central Candidate. Even few lady reporters who are subjected to this kind of harassment should learn from Kushboo. #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/v5ZuFDTTZa
— Sagay Raj P (@sagayrajp) April 10, 2019
As the clip went viral, Khushbu did not offer any comment of her own but retweeted the remarks made by her followers and some media reports.
A media report on the incident, which was retweeted by the actress, states that the incident took place during a road show when she was campaigning for Central Congress candidate Rizwan Arshad here.
AICC Member – National Spokesperson @khushsundar campaign for party’s Lok Sabha candidate from Bengaluru Central #RizwanArshad in Bengalur!✋✌️#Congress @INCIndia @RahulGandhi @priyankagandhi @INCKarnataka @IYC @KarnatakaPMC @MahilaCongress @nagma_morarji @siddaramaiah pic.twitter.com/0rYV2qw905
— ????Sunikar Reddy (@SunikarReddy) April 10, 2019
Social media users praised her for showing “courage” and not tolerating any misbehaviour.
“That’s a job well done. Nobody has the right to abuse and if he does then he should be punished,” commented one of her followers.
“Bold lady forever. Big inspiration for every girl in this critical world,” wrote another social media user.
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