'Harassment Will Not Be Tolerated,' Says Maneka Gandhi | Read

Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi gave her opinion on the ongoing Tanushree Dutta-Nana Patekar controversy. On Tuesday, when Maneka Gandhi was asked to comment on the ongoing battle between Bollywood actors Tanushree Dutta and Nana Patekar, she told news agency ANI that "harassment of any kind will not be tolerated." "Harassment of any kind will not be tolerated. We were the first government to start 'SHe Box' on social media and women who wrote to us saying they are harassed, we took action immediately," Maneka Gandhi told ANI. Tanushree Dutta has revived a 10-year-old controversy in which she alleged that she was harassed by Nana Patekar on the sets of a 2008 film Horn Ok Pleasss<\i>. She accused him of aggressive and unwelcome behavior while shooting for the film she later opted out of. Ms Dutta also claimed that Nana Patekar had sent political goons to intimidate her.