FWICE support Sajid Khan’s participation in Bigg Boss 16; says, “He has served his punishment”
Filmmaker and #MeToo accused Sajid Khan’s entry in Bigg Boss 16 has created quite an uproar on social media with several netizens and celebrities slamming the channel and makers of the show for taking him in the reality show.
Recently DCW chief wrote to Union Minister Anurag Thakur, seeking the elimination of filmmaker Sajid Khan from Bigg Boss 16 over allegations of s*xual harassment. Now the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) has come out in Sajid’s support.
FWICE has written a letter to the Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Anurag Thakur in which they have mentioned that Sajid has served his punishment. For the unversed, Sajid was banned for a year which was lifted in March 2019.
The letter read, “During this action initiated by the IFTDA and the FWICE, Sajid Khan was issued the non-cooperation from FWICE and was banned from working in the Film Industry for one year. Sajid Khan had cooperated with the IFTDA and FWICE and obeyed the decision of the POSH Committee. FWICE was satisfied with his behaviour during the period of his Ban and after the completion of the one year of this punishment the BAN on Shri Sajid Khan was lifted by the FWICE on 14.03.2019. Sajid Khan has now entered into the BIGG BOSS to earn his living.”
“He has also gone through the tough trials of the POSH committee and a lot of humiliation during those trying days in social media and other public platforms. A person who has already suffered his punishment and obeyed the decision of the IFTDA and the FWICE cannot be again tried and punished for the same offence. He has all the right to survive and earn his living and hence he has joined the Bigg Boss show. It is therefore requested to you to kindly please allow Sajid Khan to work for the show Bigg Boss and do not initiate any action against him as per the appeal submitted by the Delhi Commission of Women.”
Meanwhile netizens along with celebs like Mandana Karimi, Sona Mohapatra, Sherlyn Chopra and Urfi Javed have strongly opposed Sajid Khan’s participation in Bigg Boss 16.