Upasa a
Si gh
calls
CINTAA
EGM
‘illegal’
afte
11
Executive
Committee
membe s
esig ,
dema ds
f esh
electio s
amid
‘ve y
bad
atmosphe e’:
‘They
a e
ot
the e
to
fi e
them,
ca cel
thei
wo k
o
suspe d
them’
A
majo
i te al
dispute
has
eme ged
withi
the
Ci e
a d
TV
A tistes
Associatio
(CINTAA)
afte
11
of
the
o ga isatio ’s
21
Executive
Committee
membe s
stepped
dow
f om
thei
positio s.
The
esig atio s
have
i te sified
existi g
disag eeme ts
ove
the
associatio ’s
fu ctio i g,
with
f esh
electio s
ow
at
the
ce t e
of
the
co t ove sy.CINTAA
Ge e al
Sec eta y
Upasa a
Si gh
has
alleged
that
te sio s
withi
the
committee
had
bee
buildi g
fo
mo e
tha
two
yea s.
She
also
questio ed
the
validity
of
a
Ext ao di a y
Ge e al
Meeti g
(EGM)
called
afte
the
mass
esig atio s.Acco di g
to
Upasa a,
disag eeme ts
amo g
committee
membe s
we e
ot
a
ece t
developme t.
She
claimed
that
the
o ga isatio
had
bee
deali g
with
a
i c easi gly
difficult
atmosphe e
si ce
the
cu e t
committee
took
cha ge.“This
has
bee
goi g
o
fo
the
past
two
to
two-a d-a-half
yea s,
si ce
we
have
bee
he e.
Si ce
the ,
we
have
bee
goi g
th ough
a
lot
of
t ouble.
Ma y
people
have
esig ed
i
betwee
because
of
the
te sio s
withi
the
committee,
a d
the e
was
a
ve y
bad
atmosphe e,”
Upasa a
sha es
with
Hi dusta
Times.
She
fu the
alleged
that
diffe e ces
had
eme ged
ove
the
way
discipli a y
matte s
i volvi g
a tistes
we e
bei g
ha dled.
Acco di g
to
he ,
otices,
suspe sio s
a d
te mi atio – elated
decisio s
had
become
a
majo
sou ce
of
co ce .
“By
givi g
show-cause
otices
to
a yo e,
they
have
sta ted
fi i g
acto s,
a d
sometimes
they
suspe d
someo e,”
she
says.Upasa a
believes
the
committee
had
effectively
split
i to
opposi g
g oups,
with
diffe e ces
ove
what
the
associatio ’s
p ima y
espo sibilities
should
be.
“The e
a e
two
g oups
the e,
some
people
who
wa t
to
wo k
fo
the
acto s
a d
wa t
thei
well-bei g.”She
added,
“CINTAA
is
a
associatio
of
a tists.
It
is
thei
home.
They
a e
ot
the e
to
fi e
them,
ca cel
thei
wo k
o
suspe d
them.”
Eleve
membe s
esig
f om
21-membe
committee
The
dispute
eached
a
c itical
poi t
whe
11
membe s
of
the
21-membe
Executive
Committee
esig ed
togethe .
Upasa a
said
the
decisio
followed
a
exte ded
pe iod
of
f ust atio
amo g
those
membe s.“We
a e
a
associatio
of
21
membe s.
That
is
why
11
people,
afte
getti g
ve y
ti ed,
have
esig ed
togethe .”She
fu the
a gued
that
the
associatio ’s
co stitutio
p ovides
fo
the
dissolutio
of
the
committee
whe
at
least
half
of
its
membe s
esig .“Ou
co stitutio
says
that
if
mo e
tha
half
of
the
people
esig ,
o
eve
50%
esig ,
the
ou
committee
b eaks
dow
a d
e-electio
is
a ou ced.
This
is
ou
co stitutio .”Upasa a
also
stated
that
she
accepted
the
esig atio s
i
he
capacity
as
Ge e al
Sec eta y.
Dispute
ove
validity
of
EGM
The
ext
majo
poi t
of
co te tio
is
the
Ext ao di a y
Ge e al
Meeti g.
Upasa a
has
questio ed
how
the
EGM
could
be
o ga ised
afte
she
claims
the
Executive
Committee
had
al eady
ceased
to
exist
followi g
the
esig atio s.“Despite
that,
they
we t
to
CINTAA
a d
held
a
illegal
meeti g.
Afte
that,
they
a ou ced
a
EGM,
which
is
goi g
to
happe
today
at
5–5:30.”She
also
alleged
that
the
p oposed
meeti g
i volves
sweepi g
ame dme ts
to
CINTAA’s
existi g
co stitutio .“They
have
put
up
a ou d
90
pages
because
they
wa t
to
make
cha ges
to
the
e ti e
co stitutio .”
Upasa a
challe ges
Ge e al
Sec eta y
appoi tme t
A othe
issue
aised
by
Upasa a
co ce s
the
desig atio
of
Padmi i
Kolhapu e
as
Ge e al
Sec eta y.
She
i sists
that
she
emai s
i
the
positio
a d
says
she
has
eve
submitted
he
esig atio .“They
have
w itte
the
ame
of
Padmi i
Kolhapu e
as
the
Ge e al
Sec eta y.
But
I
have
ot
eve
esig ed.
Padmi i
Kolhapu e
is
ot
the
Ge e al
Sec eta y.
I
am
the
Ge e al
Sec eta y,”
says
Upas a.She
also
questio ed
the
p oposed
compositio
of
the
committee,
allegi g
that
i dividuals
who
had
eithe
esig ed
f om
thei
p evious
posts
o
we e
u successful
i
the
ea lie
electio
we e
bei g
co side ed
fo
positio s
agai .“Deepak
Pa asha
had
esig ed
as
T easu e ,
so
they
w ote
Hetal
Pa ma .
But
Hetal
Pa ma
has
al eady
esig ed.
I
this
way,
the
people
who
have
lost
the
electio
a e
bei g
used
a d
they
a e
sayi g
that
they
will
be
the
committee
membe s.”
Fede atio
app oached
ove
f esh
electio s
Upasa a
mai tai s
that
a
EGM
ca ot
legally
be
co ducted
if
the
Executive
Committee
has
al eady
bee
dissolved.
She
also
a gued
that
the
Ge e al
Sec eta y’s
app oval
is
equi ed
fo
such
a
meeti g.“You
ca ot
hold
a
EGM.
If
the
committee
has
bee
dissolved,
you
ca ot
hold
a
EGM.
A
EGM
is
do e
with
the
pe missio
of
the
Ge e al
Sec eta y,
a d
I
have
ot
yet
esig ed.”She
said
the
matte
has
also
bee
take
to
CINTAA’s
fede atio ,
which
she
desc ibed
as
the
associatio ’s
mothe
body.
Acco di g
to
Upasa a,
the
fede atio
has
bee
equested
to
e su e
that
the
ext
electio
p ocess
is
co ducted
fai ly.“We
have
asked
the
fede atio ,
ou
mothe
body,
to
have
a
fai
electio .”
Membe s
allegedly
fea
discipli a y
actio
The
dispute,
acco di g
to
Upasa a,
has
also
affected
the
co fide ce
of
some
CINTAA
membe s.
She
claimed
that
a tistes
have
p ivately
exp essed
co ce s
about
app oachi g
the
associatio
because
they
fea
possible
actio
agai st
thei
membe ship.“Some
people
used
to
call
me
a d
say,
‘Upasa a
ji,
I
am
also
af aid
of
comi g
to
CINTAA
because
somewhe e
ou
ca d
might
be
ca celled’,”
she
e ds.
About
CINTAA
co t ove sy
CINTAA
sta ds
fo
Ci e
&
TV
A tistes’
Associatio .
It
is
a
I dia
o ga isatio
that
ep ese ts
acto s
a d
a tistes
wo ki g
i
the
film
a d
televisio
i dust y.
CINTAA
p ima ily
wo ks
fo
the
ights,
welfa e
a d
p ofessio al
i te ests
of
a tistes.
It
also
add esses
issues
such
as
employme t
disputes,
co t acts,
payme ts,
wo ki g
co ditio s
a d
discipli a y
matte s
i volvi g
its
membe s.
The
associatio
has
a
lo g
histo y
i
the
I dia
e te tai me t
i dust y
a d
is
based
i
Mumbai.CINTAA
is
faci g
a
i te al
dispute
afte
11
of
its
21
Executive
Committee
membe s
esig ed,
t igge i g
a
debate
ove
the
committee’s
dissolutio
a d
the
eed
fo
f esh
electio s.
Ge e al
Sec eta y
Upasa a
Si gh
has
also
questio ed
the
validity
of
the
p oposed
EGM,
allegi g
that
it
was
called
afte
the
committee
had
al eady
dissolved.
