Congress demands protection for Nagma following incidents of manhandling at rallies

New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday wrote to the Election Commission demanding protection for Nagma, their contender from Meerut.

Actor turned politician has faced two incidents of manhandling.

She later said that if such an incident happens again, she would never return to Meerut.

Nagma slapped a youth after he 'mishandled' her during an election rally in Meerut. The actress was campaigning at the Jali Kothi area, when an unruly mob tried to get close to her.

The crowd at Jali Kothi were unmanageable as they had gathered in huge numbers to get a glimpse of the actress. Congress workers had a tough time controlling the crowd and had to whisk away the actress, before it went out of control. Nagma slapped a youth when he tried to get too close to her, and that created further chaos.

The Sadar police station, which is nearby the Jali Kothi area, hadn't provided adequate police force during the campaign meet. A visibly disturbed Nagma however denied 'slapping' the youth, and said she 'only tried to push away the misbehaving youth'.

Previously, Nagma was reportedly kissed by a Congress MLA during her rally in Meerut. As Nagma was about to leave Hapur after the election rally, Gajraj Sharma emerged out of the crowd. He held Nagma’s face and kissed on her cheek.