A
f esh
i te al
dispute
has
eme ged
withi
the
Ci e
a d
TV
A tistes
Associatio
(CINTAA),
with
eight
executive
committee
membe s
esig i g
f om
both
thei
positio s
a d
the
committee,
citi g
a
alleged
loss
of
co fide ce
i
the
o ga isatio ’s
cu e t
leade ship.
The
membe s
have
also
called
fo
ew
electio s.
Amid
the
escalati g
disag eeme t,
CINTAA
p eside t
Poo am
Dhillo
has
hit
back
at
the
allegatio s,
desc ibi g
the
claims
di ected
at
he
a d
se io
vice-p eside t
Padmi i
Kolhapu e
as
“deeply
offe sive.”The
dispute
came
to
the
fo ef o t
afte
eight
executive
committee
membe s
submitted
a
joi t
esig atio
lette .
I
the
lette ,
they
alleged
that
the
associatio ’s
fu ctio i g
had
i c easi gly
become
co ce t ated
a ou d
Poo am,
Padmi i
a d
a
select
g oup
of
othe
membe s.
They
also
aised
co ce s
about
what
they
desc ibed
as
epeated
violatio s
of
collective
decisio -maki g,
co sultatio
a d
co stitutio al
p ocedu es.“The
p eside t,
Poo am
Dhillo ,
has
epeatedly
take
u ilate al
decisio s,
issued
official
commu icatio s
th ough
he
ID
to
gove me t
officials
a d
u ilate ally
decided
commu icatio s
to
i dust y
bodies,
th ough
the
official
CINTAA
ID,
a d
ep ese ted
the
associatio
i
public
a d
with
othe
gove me t,
quasi-judicial
a d
i dust y
bodies
without
the
k owledge,
co sultatio ,
a d/
o
app oval
of
the
Executive
Committee,
the eby
ullifyi g
the
p i ciple
of
collective
espo sibility,”
a
po tio
of
thei
esig atio
lette
epo tedly
stated.
The
eight
elected
membe s
who
have
stepped
dow
a e
Hema t
Pa dey,
Mukesh
Rishi,
Sahila
Chadha,
Hetal
Pa ma ,
Pu eet
Issa ,
Vi du
Da a
Si gh,
Vikas
Ve ma
a d
Deepak
Pa asha .
They
have
alleged
that
impo ta t
decisio s
we e
epeatedly
take
without
co sulti g
the
executive
committee
o
secu i g
its
app oval.CINTAA
ge e al
sec eta y
Upasa a
Si gh
co fi med
the
esig atio s
to
ANI,
stati g
that
11
membe s
i
total
have
submitted
thei
esig atio s,
i cludi g
the
eight
executive
committee
membe s.
“They
have
also
submitted
thei
complai ts,
stati g
that
Padmi i
Kolhapu e
a d
Poo am
Dhillo
a e
misusi g
thei
positio s,”
she
said.
Howeve ,
the
associatio ’s
legal
cou sel
cla ified
that
the
executive
committee
has
ot
bee
dissolved.Poo am
Dhillo
has
st o gly
ejected
the
allegatio s
agai st
he .
Respo di g
to
what
she
desc ibed
as
“vulga
a d
offe sive”
claims,
she
told
ANI,
“What
happe ed
was
that
thi gs
we e
ot
goi g
thei
way.
They
we e
t yi g
to
exe cise
co t ol
ove
the
CINTAA
membe s
th ough
the
CAWT
(Ci e
A tistes’
Welfa e
T ust),
a d
whe
that
did
ot
happe ,
they
sta ted
maki g
st a ge
a d
se ious
allegatio s
agai st
us.”She
fu the
exp essed
he
dismay
ove
the
atu e
of
the
accusatio s,
sayi g,
“You
would ’t
believe
how
vulga
the
allegatio s
we e.
They
we e
so
offe sive
that,
if
we
wa ted
to,
we
could
have
co side ed
taki g
actio
fo
defamatio
agai st
each
a d
eve y
pe so
i volved.
Such
allegatio s,
hu tful
stateme ts,
a d
offe sive
la guage
we e
ci culated
widely,”
she
added.The
o goi g
co flict
has
also
take
a
emotio al
toll
o
Poo am,
who
evealed
that
she
had
co templated
esig i g
f om
the
executive
committee
o
seve al
occasio s.
Reflecti g
o
the
situatio ,
she
said,
“They
had
two
o
th ee,
I
would
say,
paid
mouthpieces
who
would
speak
i
this
ma e .
O e
o
two
of
them
we e
also
membe s
of
CINTAA,
a d
they
made
some
ve y
i app op iate
a d
hu tful
stateme ts.
But
we
still
chose
to
emai
sile t.
But
I
would
o ly
say
o e
thi g.
My
self- espect
a d
i teg ity
a e
ve y
impo ta t.
Whateve
we
have
ea ed
ove
the
yea s,
we
have
ot
ea ed
it
i
o e
o
two
yea s.
We
have
built
ou
eputatio
a d
self- espect
ove
decades,
th ough
ou
co duct,
ou
dig ity,
ou
p ese ce,
a d
the
way
we
have
t eated
a d
i te acted
with
people.”I
a othe
i te view
with
Hi dusta
Times,
she
cla ified,
“Padmi i
a d
I
a e
wo ki g
ha d
to
b i g
goodwill
to
CINTAA
by
usi g
ou
esou ces
a d
co tacts;
it
is
ot
fo
pe so al
gai .
No
o e
else
was
taki g
i itiatives
to
do
a ythi g
fo
membe s
of
the
o ga isatio ,
so
I’m
shocked
by
thei
allegatio s.
These
membe s
we e
t yi g
to
p otect
CAWT
(Ci e
A tistes’
Welfa e
T ust),
a
t ust
fo med
by
se io
acto s
like
late
Dilip
Kuma ,
Am ish
Pu i
a d
Amjad
Kha
a d
othe s.
This
t ust
has
ot
fulfilled
its
duty
to
p ovide
medical
facilities
fo
membe s.
I
the
past
few
decades,
o
o e
o
the
cu e t
committee
has
aised
mo ey
fo
CAWT.
We
ece tly
aised
fu ds
th ough
a
eve t
a d
gifted
sa ees
to
a tistes
like
Kavita
K ish amu thy
a d
Madhush ee
a d
a
ku ta
to
Niti
Mukesh,
who
pe fo med
without
cha gi g
us.
The
membe s
who
esig ed
a e
accusi g
us
of
buyi g
sa ees,
did
we
buy
those
sa ees
fo
ou selves?
We
ack owledge
that
these
a tistes
pe fo med
fo
us
at
o
cost,
th ough
these
gifts.
Padmi i
a d
I
had
called
them
pe so ally
a d
they
pe fo med
at
ou
behest.”
She
adds
that
the
si ge s
did
a
favou
fo
CINTAA.
“We
aised
1
c o e
th ough
these
pe fo ma ces,
so
how
is
it
a
p oblem
if
we
spe d
1
lakh
o
gifts
fo
them?”Poo am
also
questio ed
whethe
she
a d
he
colleagues,
afte
spe di g
decades
i
the
film
i dust y,
could
ealistically
be
accused
of
bet ayi g
the
o ga isatio .
She
co cluded,
“We
have
bee
i
this
i dust y
fo
42
yea s…
some
fo
45
yea s,
othe s
have
bee
a
pa t
of
it
fo
48
yea s.
Do
you
eally
thi k
that
afte
all
these
yea s,
we
would
be
capable
of
such
bet ayal?
I
wa t
to
sha e
somethi g
ve y
pe so al
with
you.
Ove
the
last
yea
o
yea
a d
a
half,
the e
we e
ma y
times
whe
I
felt
like
quitti g
the
CINTAA
executive
committee
a d
walki g
away.
It’s
because
these
people
made
ou
lives
so
difficult.
The e
was
oppositio
to
eve y
si gle
thi g…
oppositio
to
eve y
si gle
i itiative,”
Poo am
co cluded.
