By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR/CUTTACK/KENDRAPARA: With speculations are on ripe on possible reconciliation between Kendrapara BJD Lok Sabha MP Anubav Mohanty and his estranged actress wife Varsha Priyadarshini, actor tuned politicians has however rejected such speculations citing that the case is pending with Court.
“Rumours are being spread on social media allegedly at the behest of some persons. Matter is pending in the Court of law and Hon’ble Court has to take a call on the issue. Honesty and Trust will undoubtedly win,” tweeted MP Mohanty@AnubhavMohanty_.
In another tweet, the Lok Sabha MP Mohanty wrote “Forgive me for the last tweet. With due regards, should I honestly trust the Human Rights Commission or should I trust my mush respected father and mother?. Hey all, although I know the correct answer, yet I request you all to help me please,”.These 2 tweets of Kendrapara BJD MP has made it clear that he is in no mood to back to his old relationship with his estranged wife and divorce is seems nearing. It seems, MP Mohanty may go with the decision of his family and Court rather bowing down before women rights activists or negotiators.
On Thursday, a 5 member team of women human rights activists met the couple at Anubhav’s residence in Cuttack. The team led by International Human Rights Foundation chairperson Gitashree Das discussed the matter between the couple separately.The rights activists told that Varsha said none of her in-laws tortured her except husband Anubhav. She reiterated her allegation that Anubhav used to get drunk and verbally abuse her. Varsha does not want divorce but a solution to the issues between her and Anubhav, but the latter did not clearly stated what he wants in connection with the issues, the activists said.
Meanwhile, MP Mohanty hogged limelight for his humanitarian gesture of shouldering the bier of one of his protégés and a BJD activist, who died of cardiac arrest untimely in Kendrapada’s Pattamundai block.Despite his mental agony for family tension, Mohanty came to the district soon after he came to know the untimely demise of his protégé and former Pattamundai block chairman Ashok Kumar Dhal due to cardiac arrest.
“Never we have seen or heard an MP shouldering a bier or attending a funeral procession of a party worker. Mohanty is really exceptional. His humanitarian gesture is an example for others,” stated several BJD activists.“I am Anubhav Mohanty and I am the unstoppable common man kind of representative of my most dearest and respected Kendrapadias. Dirty people, beware please. No politics and no cheapness please,” the MP had earlier tweeted while visiting Lord Baladev Jew Temple.
The Odia film industry seems, pouring sympathy for the actor turn Parliamentarian, who has been on media limelight since he voted BJP National VP-Spokesperson, Baijayant ‘ Jay’ Panda out of power in the last 2019 general polls.
After leading producer, Sanjay Nayak, who nurtured both MP Mohanty and his actress wife Varsha Priyadarshini way back in 2003-04 in Odia Film Industry, leading actress and model, Prakruti Mishra and Sambhabana Mohanty have strongly backed the BJD MP on this legal battle.
“Dear Phapun Bhai, everyone who knows you closely knows the entire scenes in details. You being a respectful person don’t need to give clarification. Let the World around bark. Truth shall prevail soon. Be strong. We are with you@AnubhavMohanty_#JusticeForAnubhav,” tweeted Prakruti Mishra@prakrutiworld. Replying to Prakruti Mishra, MP Anubhav Mohanty wrote@AnubhavMohanty “ Tons of thanks and immense love to you dear @prakrutiworld.May God bless you with more success and energy,”.
Earlier in an interview to an Odia TV News Channel, Producer Sanjay Nayak had strongly denied charges level against MP Mohanty by wife wife Varsha Priyadarshini. “Anubhav’s father is a retired College teacher while his mother is very loving and caring and it seems, Varsha’s statements was of her lawyer,” Nayak had said. Earlier, actress Bidusmita Mantri had supported Varsha’s claim of harassment and domestic violence against MP Mohanty.
Legal experts are started questioning as to how someone staying at place , where she feared for life.“When she is thinking that her life in not safe at her in laws house, it is better to stay with her parents and plead the case without putting extra burden on State Government exchequer and looking for security from police authority,” Advocate Satya Narayan Panda of Bhubaneswar Bar Association told www.indianewsdiary.com.
Advocate Panda argued that actress Varsha Priyadarshini is a well know figure in Odia Film industry and she is capable enough to earn Lakhs of rupees in a single film and why she is demanding interim relief from the Court of SDJM Cuttack, added Panda.“There was no need to go for or act for any relief from Court of SDJM Cuttack under section 23(clause-1) of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDA),” said Advocate Panda adding that she is capable enough to earn considering her popularity in film industry as actress.
Advocate further argued that if petitioner was poor , homeless, incapable to earn and circumstances under which she was compelled to leave to the in-laws house and there is threat to her life in that cases only, she can seek any such relief from the Court, added Advocate Panda.
In his 47 page Petition filed at Delhi Patiala Court, Lok Sabha MP Anubhav Mohanty claimed that Barsha had sought 3 to 4 months to keep physical relationship with him after their marriage in 2014. MP Anubhav claimed that his wife also denied keeping physical relation on the 4th night(Suhagrat). MP Mohanty also claimed that he is staying separately from his wife since May 2019. MP Mohanty said in his petition that he was upset with the behaviour of his wife after marriage and tried his best to calm but failed for which he filed the divorce petition.
Anubhav has stated in his petition that Varsha had asked him here to four months’ time for establishing conjugal relationship, to which he agreed respecting her decision.The married life of the couple was not smoother even in Delhi when Anubhav went there after being elected to the Rajya Sabha before 2019.His next attempt was after the couple returned to Cuttack, where Varsha seemed happy and assured him of getting on with a happy and healthy married life. But to Anubhav’s further disappointment, she sought more time.
In the petition, Anubhav has further accused Varsha of not staying at her in-laws’ house and frequently going to her parents’ house. Her behaviour was also painful to the in-laws. She miserably failed to discharge her matrimonial obligations, thereby harassing and torturing him. Besides, he has alleged that Varsha made false allegations by linking him with his co-actresses.
She was always threatening him to drag him as well as his family to court in false criminal cases.Meanwhile, on Sunday, Anubhav issued a statement saying “personal space and privacy” of him and Varsha “must be respected”. He stated this after a copy of his divorce petition got leaked into the media.
The 8-page petition filed by MP Mohanty’s actress wife Barsha Priyadarshini at Cuttack SDJM Court, hearing of which is slated for Monday, tells its laud and clear that Naveen Patnaik did a blunder by fielding this nefarious actor in Kendrapara and ensuring his win against BJP’s National VP-Spokesperson, Jay Panda. “After a series of FIRs filed against MP Mohanty from Cuttack to Kendrapara on several cases, now his own wife alleging about physical and mental torture and harassment against him, which shows, the BJD MP is a habitual offender,” sources said.
Barsha filed the case under the ‘Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act’ in the court of Cuttack SDJM under Section 12 for allegedly assaulting and harassing Barsha.. She alleged that Anubhav is a habitual drunkard and often drinks with his friends at home. Barsha alleged that whenever she tried to prevent Anubhav from drinking, he would get violent and physically assault her. She even alleged that Anubhav had the time and again tried to throw her out of the house. The Ollywood actress had even alleged in her petition that MP Anubhav has extramarital affairs with multiple women from the Odia film industry. On the other hand, the Kendrapara MP has said that he is yet to receive any legal notice from the court on the matter. He said let’s wait and watch and everything will be clear soon.
Barsha further accused Anubhav of being a womanizer. She claimed that she would wait for him to return home at the time of dinner and when he did, the MP would be in an inebriated state. She claimed she would cry the whole night and curse her luck for marrying Mohanty.In her plea, Barsha has demanded house rent of Rs 20,000 per month, maintenance of Rs 50,000 per month, a compensation of Rs 13 crore, loss of earnings and medical expenses of Rs 2 crore from her husband. Anubhav and Barsha tied the knot in 2014. On financial bungling, the actress stated that though both of them had acted in several films together after marriage, Anubhav has not given her any money till date.
Citing the latest case of inhuman abuse, she said during the lockdown, Anubhav’s entire family left for Delhi leaving her all alone in the house. They neither enquired about her nor gave any money till their return on May 25. “I went through a lot of mental torture during the period,” said Varsha. On June 7, Anubhav and his father scolded Vasrsha in foul language for around two hours, she alleged. On June 11, they forced her to file divorce on mutual agreement.
