Rupali Ganguly’s stepdaughter Esha Verma recently took to her Instagram stories to pen down a note of disappointment. Esha called the Anupamaa actress ‘evil’ and slammed her for scheduling the next court hearing on her birthday. “Ty to the evil step lady for scheduling the next court date on my bday muah,” she wrote.
However, soon after a screenshot of Esha’s Instagram story was shared by one of the news portals, she rushed to the comments section to clarify that the story was put up mistakenly. Esha claimed that she was sending it to one of her close friends when she accidentally put it on her Instagram stories.
“I use my socials to connect with my friends and share my thoughts—it’s always been a personal space for me. I was just typing out my feelings before bed and had meant to send it to a close friend, but it accidentally went to my story. I wasn’t trying to start anything or make this public—it was just me processing my emotions in the moment,” she wrote.
“Seeing my court date fall on my birthday has been overwhelming, and I was simply expressing my frustration. It’s exhausting to be constantly monitored, and frustrating to see casual posts turned into headlines,” she added.
The controversy between Rupali Ganguly and her stepdaughter Esha Verma, who is Ashwin Verma’s second wife Priyanka Verma’s daughter, started late last year after the latter claimed that the actress broke their home. She also called the Anupamaa lead actor an ‘abusive and toxic woman’.
Later, Rupali also filed a defamation case against Esha for Rs 50 crore following which the latter deleted her Instagram post. In January this year, the Bombay High Court granted an interim relief to Rupali in this defamation suit against Esha. The court restrained Verma and digital platforms from publishing or sharing defamatory content.
Later, Rupali also addressed Esha’s claims at an event when she said, “If I say it doesn’t affect (me), it will be a lie. Of course, it affects (me). We are all human beings. It hurts when they say bad things, even behind my back. Those who love me will continue to do so. I believe in doing good deeds because then good things will happen to you now or in the future. Sometimes a bad phase does come, and bad things do happen, but good always wins over that.”
