Unfazed by trolling, Urmila Matondkar says she is here to stay
New Delhi, Apr 24: Urmila Matondkar, leading Bollywood actor of the 90s who joined the Congress recently, says she has faced a lot of trolling on social media and personal attacks after her entry into politics, but asserted that she is here to stay.
Matondkar, who is contesting from the Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency, a BJP stronghold, said these elections will decide the direction in which the country will go and if democracy will be saved.
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"Women
should
understand
they
need
to
have
nerves
of
steel
to
be
in
politics,"
she
said.
Referring
to
a
recent
incident
in
suburban
Borivali,
when
a
scuffle
broke
out
between
Congress
and
BJP
workers
during
her
rally,
she
said
she
believes
in
freedom
of
expression
and
has
nothing
against
people
chanting
anybody's
name.
PTI