EastEnders’ Cindy Beale goes to war with the Panesar family after explosive public row with Nish over business deal

Cindy Beale went to war with the Panesar family after a business deal turned sour during Monday’s episode of EastEnders.

The fiery character, played by Michelle Collins, got into a public row with Nish (Navin Chowdhry) after he called her a bad mother.

The episode began with Cindy launching a new bid to get investment from the Panesars with a pie and mash shop business pitch.

Deeply uncomfortable about getting into bed with Suki’s family, Peter confesses their past to Cindy – who uses it as leverage over Vinny.

Peter revealed he previously cheated on Ash Panesar with mother Suki, while Nish was in prison. 

Business: The episode began with Cindy launching a new bid to get investment from the Panesars with a pie and mash shop business pitch

Later at The Vic, Nish is about to sign the Beales contract when Ravi bursts in to share the news about Nugget going missing.

Cindy’s continued efforts to get the deal done provoke fury in Nish, who slams her parenting track record. 

Cindy sees red and rips up the contract while shouting in Nish’s face, blowing the whole deal.

And in episodes to follow this week, Cindy hits Phil up for the investment money and almost succeeds.

However, this time it’s Ian who blows the deal after flat-out refusing to take cash from Phil.

Later, Cindy gets distracted when Peter shares his pain over being dismissed by sisters Gina and Anna.

She goes to the pub to try to talk to them and ends up having a heart-to-heart with Gina, witnessed by Anna.

Soft-hearted Anna decides to tell her mum that George has a buyer for the bar, and later, Cindy tells Ian that George is selling the Marbella bar, and half of it belongs to her and she’ll be fighting for her share…

Elsewhere Elaine and George’s excitement over the bar sale is destroyed by Cindy, who comes to stake her claim.

Tense: Deeply uncomfortable about getting into bed with Suki’s family, Peter confesses their past to Cindy – who uses it as leverage over Vinny

Throwback: Peter revealed he previously cheated on Ash Panesar with mother Suki, while Nish was in prison

Determined to keep things civil, George invites her and Ian to dinner to talk over the issue.

Tensions are high as the foursome sit down together, but when Cindy gets George alone, she becomes manipulative… what will her next shocking move be?

Ian and Cindy make the ill-advised decision to go to The Vic to celebrate their new chapter.

Sniping soon starts with George and Elaine, but everyone is silenced by angry Gina’s revelation…. what will her bombshell be?

EastEnders airs Mondays to Thursdays at 7:30pm on BBC One. The episodes are available from 6am each morning on BBC iPlayer.