Rupali Ganguly And Husband Ashwin Verma Called 'Bullies' By Stepdaughter Esha: 'They Chose To Abandon Me'

Esha Verma has opened up about her father, Ashwin Verma, and her stepmother, actor Rupali Ganguly, calling them “true bullies.”

Esha Verma has opened up about her father, Ashwin Verma, and her stepmother, actor Rupali Ganguly, calling them “true bullies.” In an emotional video shared on Instagram, Esha spoke about her painful experiences, accusing her father of failing to protect her during her childhood and mocking her struggles with mental health. She also alleged that both Rupali and Ashwin abandoned her, criticized her, and targeted her insecurities.

Esha's Accusations Against Rupali and Ashwin

Esha shared, “I may be 26 now, but the pain and memories, they still stick. And even though things are in the past, it affects your future and present. I realised that from all of this, I stood up against my bullies. My true bullies in my life. Not only did they hurt someone who I truly love – my mother; they chose to hurt me. They chose not to acknowledge me."

"They chose to abandon me, criticise me, and pick on my insecurities so I wouldn’t feel good about myself. They never apologised to me, either publicly or personally. What hurt me the most was the response from my own father, how he chose to mock mental health. He didn’t protect me from the mean comments that were happening, nor did he protect me in my entire life. And that hurts truly.”

Esha's Criticism of Rupali

Esha went on to accuse Rupali of building her “character and career off of lies and hurting someone else.” She stated, “The wounds that you have healed open up again, especially when you have to see them in the media. I have avoided it, but sometimes it catches your attention. And then it hurts again and again and again, especially when you build your character and career off of lies and hurting someone else. And not once feel guilty about it."

"So I didn’t expect any response, nor did I expect any change, nor did I want anything in return. But taking accountability for your actions and then ignoring it like nothing ever happened, there you go. That’s your response to me for the last 24 years of my life.”

Esha emphasized she wasn’t trying to encourage others to take sides or use negative language, saying, "I'm not encouraging anybody to pick sides and I'm not encouraging anyone to hurl any type of abusive language or negative language to either parties... I don’t have a PR team. I don't have anybody. It was just me speaking up for me and my own story."

 

Apology to Her Brother

Esha also addressed Ashwin and Rupali’s son, Rudransh, offering an apology and expressing hope for a better relationship between him and their father. She said, “I apologise if it hurt anyone in the process. Misinformation has been thrown into some of the articles, and I couldn’t take it back. I apologise truly if it hurt someone else especially to my little brother. I didn’t intend for any of that to happen and I have so much love for you. I hope papa is being the dad for you, that he couldn’t be for me and our sister. But the thing is that I have a different experience than both of you."

Esha's Message to Ashwin

Esha accused Ashwin of silencing her and said she felt unsafe around Rupali. She shared, "We all grew up as only children, and what hurts the most is that the three of us don’t even have a picture together to this day. That was our father’s responsibility to bring us together, but instead, he didn’t do that. I don’t know if he is watching this but a letter or a message to my papa. I’m sorry this had to go this far. But you have never apologised to me ever nor did you listen."

"You always shut me down. I felt unsafe around her especially. I tried to open up to you and you would never take my side. I thought I was your little girl. Growing up I told everyone about you, my friends and family that I want to be just like him when I grow up, a filmmaker. You never encouraged that either."

She concluded by clarifying that her intention was not revenge, adding that if Ashwin had “handled the situation properly, then it wouldn’t have gotten this far.” She finished by saying that Ashwin and Rupali “deserve each other.”

Rupali and Ashwin married in 2013 and share a son. Ashwin has two daughters from his previous marriage. Esha, now 26, resides in New Jersey, USA. According to her, Ashwin and her mother were married in 1997 and separated in 2008.