BJP Seeks to Distance Itself from Kannada Actress Ragini Dwivedi

Stating that Dwivedi may have been involved in the campaign ‘on her own’, Karnik said the party is neither accountable nor answerable for Ragini Dwivedi’s activities inher personal and professional life. “We have nothing to do with it and we maintain distance from it,” he added.

According to him, the BJP is totally against any sort of, any form of anti-social activity by anybody. “We will neither encourage nor support such activities. Hence, we disown Ragini Dwivedi for her involvement in the drug racket,” he said.

The actress was arrested on Friday after intense interrogation for many hours. She is among the 13 people booked so far in connection with drug abuse in the Kannada film industry.

Dwivedi along with others has been charged with supplying drugs in rave parties through drug peddlers.