Responding to India Today journalist Rajdeep Sardesai‘s post about BJP spokesperson  Shazia Ilmi, BJP IT cell head Amit Malvia said that releasing the video while the guest lady is unwiring is nothing short of sexual assault. Earlier, the senior journalist had shared a video of the BJP spokesperson allegedly abusing his video journalist during an interview.

The video showed the politician misbehaving with the journalist after her fader was allegedly lowered during the live debate on the channel. Reacting to a post by Shazia Ilmi addressing the journalist asking not to ever bring down her fader again, Rajdeep had said that the fader was lowered only to avoid cross-talk and noise on the show. “If you have a grouse with me or with an army general on the show, of course, that’s your prerogative. And I respect that too,” the senior journalist wrote, underscoring that abusing his video journalist or throwing him out was not just done, and there was no excuse for the bad behaviour.

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However, things took another when Shazia threatened the journalist with legal action, and in a video, Shazia is heard saying that she would take him to court.

Replying to Rajdeep’s post defending his cameraman, Amit Malvia said that continuing to shoot a guest after the show is over or after withdrawing consent to be part of it is a gross violation of the contract. “The pervert must be called out for violating @shaziailmi’s privacy and bodily integrity,” Amit Malvia wrote on X.

“Shaziamili’s account is devastating. She has a fracture and is wheelchair-bound. Rajdeep Sardesai is accusing a woman, who can barely walk, of assaulting the cameraman! The pervert LIED, put out her video and is now imputing motives for her protest. Shame,” Malvia wrote in a follow-up post.

To continue shooting a guest after the show is over or he/she has withdrawn consent to be part of it, is gross violation of the contract. Besides, for Rajdeep Sardesai to put out the video, while the lady is unwiring, is nothing short of sexual assault. The pervert must be called… https://t.co/Bs9Cb9j43k

— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) July 27, 2024

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BJP spokesperson Shehzad Jai Hind also lambasted the journalist for allegedly recording the video after the guest chose to get off the show, adding that even more shameful was to release the footage. “This is a serious offence! In the past @sardesairajdeep has abused me & called me “low level cretin” & followed me aggressively out of the studio… He has also got my bytes/reactions boycotted on @IndiaToday after that,” Shehzad wrote in a post on X.

Shameful behaviour of the camera man to record @shaziailmi after she has chosen to get off the show & even more shameful to release the footage by @sardesairajdeep

This is a serious offence!

In the past @sardesairajdeep has abused me & called me “low level cretin” & followed… https://t.co/4bj2uQvZ6w

— Shehzad Jai Hind (Modi Ka Parivar) (@Shehzad_Ind) July 27, 2024

The development was unfurled following a heated debate between Shazia and Rajdeep Sardesai during an interview on July 26. As the argument peaked, the BJP spokesperson walked out of the interview, removing her mic.