With so many women coming out and sharing their sexual harassment ordeal as a part of the #MeToo movement which has started in India, new names are being added to the already growing list of perpetrators. After Tanushree Dutta accused Nana Patekar of sexual harassment and spearheaded the movement, TV producer and writer Vinta Nanda came out and accused Alok Nath of rape and harassment.
However, now in a new twist, another surprising name has been added to the list and that is of standup comedian Aditi Mittal. Suddenly, #MeToo is not only about the sexual misconduct of men but a woman has also been named as a perpetrator. Standup comedian Kaneez Surka joined the MeToo movement and revealed that her colleague, Aditi, had kissed her on the mouth without her permission on a show.
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Kaneez Surka and Aditi Mittal[/caption]
She shared a detailed story on her Twitter account of the incident that happened two years back and demanded an apology from Aditi. She mentioned in her post that Aditi came up to her during her act and kissed her on the mouth in the presence of 100-odd audience members that also included other fellow comedians.
https://twitter.com/kaneezsurka/status/1050000796560056320
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Kaneez Surka's statement[/caption]
Kaneez mentioned in her post that in the wake of the MeToo movement Aditi has come out as a champion and that has angered her because of the hypocrisy. Kaneez revealed that Aditi later apologized to her but later turned hostile towards her. When Kaneez confronted her to come out openly she denied all claims that forced Kaneez to mention her name in the post.
On the other hand, Aditi has issued a statement too regarding the fiasco and revealed how she had spoken to Kaneez about the deed Here's her detailed statement and apology below.
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Aditi Mittal's statement[/caption]
With Kaneez's accusation, Deepika Padukone's statement came out to be true when she said that #MeToo is not about gender but about right vs wrong.
