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EXCLUSIVE! Rakhi Sawant: Pratyusha Banerjee should not have committed suicide, I faced a lot of problems but I didn't lose courage
Rakhi Sawant comments on Pratyusha Banerjee, one year after her death.
It's hard to believe that it has been a year since television actress Pratyusha Banerjee's unfortunate demise. On April 1, 2017 - a prayer meet was organised by her parents and friends Kamya Punjabi and Neerusha Nikhat. Pratyusha's friends from the industry, however, were not there in attendance.
Rakhi Sawant was in the headlines last year too when she commented that ceiling fans should be banned post Pratyusha's death. For the uninitiated, apparently, Pratyusha committed suicide by hanging herself to death from a ceiling fan at her house.
In an interview with us, when we asked her as to why she was not a part of the prayer meet, Rakhi said, "You can check both my phones. I have not received any invitation and no one told me anything."
On Pratyusha, Rakhi said, "She was a lovely girl. She was my friend, she was a very nice girl. We all miss her. The industry and television misses her."
She added, "I feel a lot of sadness when I think of her and I also feel that she should not have done something like this. She should have fought through it. Look at me! Even I am a woman. I have been through so many grave situations. For my family and to be where I am, I have had to go through many hurdles and difficulties. But I did not lose my courage."
Suicide and depression have now become a raging topic amongst the youth. When we asked Rakhi what she would like to tell the younger generation, Rakhi said, "I don't understand why people commit suicide? Their life is not theirs. It's God's and their parents'. Their parents spend so much money and provide them with education. And the same kids will get into depression over a girl or drugs and end up committing suicide. Just imagine what the parents will go through. Why do they lose their courage so easily? Why can't they be brave? One should be brave. It's life, there will be ups and downs. It's only when you are down, that you get the strength to get back up. Like I said, you should see my life. Despite being through 100 hurdles, I have stood up for myself. I don't consider myself to be less than Jhansi ki Rani. In the Panipat war, she was a lone woman while she had thousands of enemies. Same way, even I have a thousand enemies in my fight. That was the war of Panipat, mine is the war of Ludhiana."
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