'She Had A Flourishing Corporate Career', Swara Bhaskar Defends Mahua Moitra Amid Louis Vuitton Row

Bollywood actress Swara Bhaskar, who is known to speak her mind when it comes to issues of national interest has now come to the Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra's defense.

On Monday, Mahua Moitra was seemingly caught putting her Louis Vuitton bag worth over Rs 1.5 lakh under a table during a discussion over rising inflation in the Lok Sabha.

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This triggered a major controversy on social media and Mahua Moitra became a target of online trolls for carrying an ultra-expensive bag to the parliament.

However, actress Swara Bhaskar has backed Mahua Moitra saying that the former actress had a flourishing corporate career and could afford lavish bags with her hard-earned income.

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In the wake of the Louis Vuitton bag controversy, Veere De Wedding actress Swara Bhaskar took to her Twitter handle and wrote, "She had a flourishing corporate career & bought branded items with her own hard earned money? Haw! How ¡®controversial¡¯?."

Another unimaginative attempt by #Poopindia to discredit an independent vocal woman .. Doesn¡¯t seem like @MahuaMoitra ever tried to ¡®hide¡¯ her branded bag.. She had a flourishing corporate career & bought branded items with her own hard earned money? Haw! How ¡®controversial¡¯ ? pic.twitter.com/3z2QJDNl8h

¡ª Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) August 1, 2022

She also said it doesn¡¯t seem like Mahua Moitra ever tried to hide her branded bag. "It's a stylish handbag, looks like she (Mahua Moitra) always flaunts it in style," Swara Bhasker further wrote in her Twitter post backing the TMP MP.

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Moreover, this isn't the first time Swara Bhaskar supporting TMC MP Mahua Moitra. The actress had earlier lent support to Mahua Moitra in several occasions including the Lok Sabha MP's 'meat-eating' Goddess remark amid the Kaali poster row.

Meanwhile, Mahua Moitra has also given clarification on the source of money for her Louis Vuitton bag in a sarcastic jibe.

When questioned by a social media user about the source of money, Mahua Moitra in a sarcastic tweet said, "Modiji sent me some of the proceeds after auctioning his ?10 lakh suit. I bought a handbag and used the rest to pay lawyer fees."

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The 'lawyer fees' she mentioned in her tweet was in connection with Mahua Moitra's petition challenging the "illegal extension" of the director of the Enforcement Director.

She mentioned in her tweet that the Supreme Court has accepted her petition and asked the government of India to respond within 10 days.

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