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Kolkata: Bhojpuri actor-singer Pawan Singh, the Bharatiya Janata Partys (BJPs) candidate from West Bengals Asansol parliamentary seat, announced Sunday that he would not contest the upcoming general elections from the state..
This comes after Singhs candidature, announced the day before, drew backlash from not only political rivals but also from within the party...
At the root of their objections were Singhs songs in which he allegedly objectifies Bengali women...
Pawan Singh, 38, was one of 20 candidates from West Bengal whose names were announced in the partys first list Saturday...
In terms of offending Bengali women & painting them in an utterly disrespectful light in film titles & songs, Pawan ji (nothing against him as an Artist, I reiterate) projects Bengali songs & films is surely a repeat offender, Supriyo, who vacated the Asansol seat when he switched sides from the BJP to the TMC in 2021, said in his own post...
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