The Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka on Sunday said Kannada actress Ragini Dwivedi, arrested in a𒉰 dr✱ug case, was never a member of the party and may have campaigned for it in the 2019 Assembly by-elections on her own.
Seeking to distance itself from the actress a d🐼ay after her arrest, the BJP said it was against any sort of, or any form of anti-social activity b💞y anybody.
"We disown Ragini Dwivedi. Hundreds of celebrities from different walks of life campaigned for the BJP 'voluntarily' during the 2019 bye-elections. Ragini Dwivedi may have been one among them," BJP spokesperson Captain Ganesh Karnik in a s🐈tatement.
He clarified that Dwivedi was neither a mem��ber of the BJP nor the 🐭BJP had assigned her the responsibility of electioneering.
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 in
her personal and professional life.
"We have nothing to do with it and we 🌄maintainღ distance from it," he added.
Accordinꦗg 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. Henc🌌e, we disown Ragini Dwivedi for her involvement in the drug racket," he said.
The actress was arrested on Friday after 𒅌intense interrogation for many hours.
She🅺 is among the 13 people boo𝕴ked so far in connection with drug abuse in the Kannada film industry.
Dwivedi along with others has been charged with supplying drugs in ra📖ve parties through drug peddlers.
