Lucknow:
Women's
rights
activist
and
'Gulabi
gang'
leader
Sampat
Pal
says
she
has
decided
to
participate
in
the
reality
show
Bigg
Boss
season
six.
Sampat
had
earlier
claimed
that
she
had
been
offered
a
stint
on
the
upcoming
edition
of
the
show
but
was
reluctant
as
she
wanted
to
attend
a
women's
conference
in
Brazil.
But
the
activist
has
now
confirmed
that
she
will
be
participating
and
also
left
for
Mumbai
today.
"The
organisers
of
Bigg
Boss
approached
me
again
last
night
asking
for
my
final
response
to
their
invitation
and
after
consulting
my
people
I
confirmed
my
participation," Sampat
told
PTI
over
phone.
Regarding
her
initial
reluctance
of
participating
in
Bigg
Boss
6,
Sampat
(65)
said,
"Since
I
had
been
invited
to
World
Women's
Conference
in
Brazil
on
October
28,
I
was
in
a
dilemma
over
my
participation
in
the
reality
show."
Sampat
said
that
in
case
she
manages
to
survive
for
more
than
two
weeks
in
the
house
she
would
think
of
cancelling
her
Brazil
plans.
"I
can
spread
the
message
on
women
rights
and
their
struggles
through
the
Bigg
Boss
6
platform
and
create
awareness
since
I
have
been
told
that
in
it
(the
show)
the
participants
get
a
chance
to
showcase
their
actual
personality
and
beliefs,"
she
said.
Sampat,
who
runs
'Gulabi
Gang' a
group
of
women
known
for
taking
up
the
cause
of
women
facing
violence,
domestic
or
social,
in
the
Bundelkhand
region
-
had
contested
assembly
polls
on
Congress
ticket
from
Manikpur
in
Chitrakoot
district.
Bigg
Boss
6
will
be
hosted
by
megastar
Salman
Khan.
The
show
will
go
live
on
October
7th
on
Colors.