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TV star Sunny Leone has an unlikely supporter. Press Council chief
Markandey Katju has said that Leone should not be treated as a social
outcast and her past should not be held against her if her behaviour in
India is “socially acceptable’’.
Katju
said he had not seen anything to suggest that Leone was indulging in
pornography. Citing religious examples, he said, “Lord Buddha stayed
with the courtesan Amrapali and ate food served by her, and she later
became his disciple. Similarly, Mary Magdalene was a fallen woman
(according to the Gospel of Luke as interpreted by Pope Gregory) and
Jesus allowed her to wash his feet and she later became his disciple.”
He
added, “My opinion is that Sunny Leone was earning her livelihood in
the US in a manner acceptable in that country, though it is not
acceptable in India... if she conducts
herself in India in a manner which is socially acceptable in India and
does not breach the social moral code in India, we should not treat her
as a social outcast.’’
He
was responding to a complaint by Dev Ashish Bhattacharya to I&B
minister Ambika Soni complaining against the inaction by Broadcaster
Consumers Complaints Council regarding cross promotion by TV channel
Colors of porn actress Sunny Leone. “There is no saint without a past
and no sinner without a future,” Katju said.
Leone’s appearance
on ‘Bigg Boss’ has been a subject of controversy for quite some time. As
many as 38 complaints had been made to the BCCC regarding Sunny Leone’s
appearance.
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