Poonam Pandey, who had been in the news for being selected to play the part of Mandodari in the Ramlila organised by the Luv Kush Ramlila Committee, will no longer portray the character. The members of the organising committee held a press conference in Delhi to announce the decision to remove Poonam Pandey from Ramlila after the constant objections they had been receiving.
Arjun Kumar, president, and Subhash Goyal, general secretary of the Ramlila’s organising committee, in a statement shared, “Poonam Pandey had initially agreed to portray Mandodari at the committee’s invitation. However, after her name was announced, several institutions and groups raised objections, which, according to the committee, could hinder the core purpose of the Ramlila — to spread the message of Lord Shri Ra