Sonam Kapoor Calls BJP MLA ‘Illiterate & Hateful’ For His Insensitive Attitude Towards LGBTQ+ Community

Bollywood actor Sonam Kapoor enjoys a huge fan following in the country mainly for her sense of style and ability to pull off any look. She has also proven her calibre as an actor with films like Neerja and Raanjhanaa, both of which resonated well with the audience. In the most recent development, Sonam has slammed a Member of Legislative Assembly for his derogatory and uninformed comments against the LGBTQ+ community.

For the unversed, Sonam was last seen in the film Ak vs AK where she made a guest appearance as herself. She played a key role in two 2019 films- Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga and The Zoya Factor. Both these movies did not do well at the box office but the audience had a mixed reaction to Sonam’s work in them.

The incident kicked off when Sudhir Mungantiwar recent speech went viral on social media. In the clip, he was speaking against a proposed amendment bill under the Maharashtra Public University Act, 2016. He was against the inclusion of LGBTQ+ community in the University Board and said, “Are you going to hire lesbians and gays as members? Shouldn’t a joint medical committee be set up on this? It mentions bis*xual and as*xual relations. However, no one has yet defined these.”, he said.