Bollywood actress Poonam Pandey was in news recently for her fake death drama in order to propagate a cervical cancer vaccine. Counterview carried an excellent piece by Dr Amitav Bannerjee on how glitz and glamour was being used for a vaccine which has no basis, pointing out, the average age of those suffering from the deadly disease is 50, while she is 32. An article in LinkedIn said a multinational corporation was behind the campaign for the vaccine.
Be that as it may, the "campaign" for the vaccine came even as Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget supported the case for vaccine -- imagine! -- for girls aged 6 to 14!
There is reason to wonder: Are Poonam Pandey and Nirmala Sitharaman connected in any way?
I was searching for a Poonam Pandey photo on Google -- and lo, I seem to have found the connection: she is seen on a motorbike with a Ram Temple flag fixed on it. One can now hope to see her propagate for BJP during Lok Sabha polls!
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