Govinda shows off fists of fury, slaps visitor on sets , says will slap again!

Mumbai, Jan 18: Actor and MP Govinda on Friday said that he had not done anything wrong by slapping the visitor on the sets of his film `Money Hai to Honey Hai` that had led to a media furore. He told the media on the sets of his film that it was a conspiracy of Opposition parties.

Govinda had slapped a visitor, Santosh Rai, on his film’s set on Wednesday. He was allegedly "misbehaving" with the artists, including with Govinda.

Meanwhile, the victim Santosh has demanded an apology from Govinda and threatened to drag him to court. He has also filed an FIR at Goregaon police station, accusing Govinda of "physical assault". A case under Sec 323 has been registered against him.

However, Govinda’s action found support in the form of two female artists alleging that Santosh had assaulted them on the sets and that Govinda was right in rebuking him.

“ I was just standing with another girl on the sets of Money Hai to Honey Hai. That guy was pushing us around. When he was standing near Govinda and started doing the same things, the actor hit him,” said one of the girls.

On the other hand, Govinda while defending his action said that he is innocent and won`t apologise to anyone but the producer who lost money due to this episode. He said that he would repeat his action if needed.

Asked if his action was out of "frustration" as an actor or Member of Parliament, he said there was no question of frustration as any person would hit back in self-defence when somebody tried to get physical with him or her.

Rubbishing his charges while speaking with Zee News, BJP leader Ram Naik , Govinda’s opponent from his constituency, called him a short tempered man. He also criticised Govinda for not paying attention to his constituency.

The MP has been under fire for not visiting his Lok Sabha constituency for a long time and people living in suburban Malad, which comes under his constituency, had held a demonstration on Tuesday as he was not reachable while they were in distress.

One person even declared a reward of Rs 1 cr to anyone who could locate the "elusive" MP.

Govinda dismissed it as a "stunt" common in politics.

The actor`s secretary Shashi Sinha told agencies that Govinda "was provoked by constant disturbance created by the visitor. The man was seated behind Govinda and would continuously hit the chair with his toes whenever the actor would sit down to take a break from the song sequence he was shooting".