Actor-politician Kangana Ranaut courted a brand new controversy on Wednesday with a social media submit about Mahatma Gandhi and former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. The actor, who beforehand confronted backlash for her feedback on the farmers’ protests, paid homage to Shastri on his a hundred and twentieth start anniversary via a submit that appeared to downplay Gandhi’s stature because the Father of the Nation.
“Desh ke pita nahi, desh ke to lal hote hai. Dhanye hai Bharat ma ke ye lal (‘The nation doesn’t have fathers; it has sons. Blessed are these sons of Mom India)” Ranaut wrote on her Instagram Tales.
In a follow-up submit, the actor credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for carrying ahead Gandhi’s legacy on cleanliness within the nation.
The submit on Shastri and Gandhi has led to one more row for the BJP MP from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, with Congress chief Supriya Shrinate criticising Ranaut for her “lewd jibe” at Gandhi.
“BJP MP Kangana made this lewd jibe on Mahatma Gandhi’s start anniversary. Godse worshippers draw distinctions between Bapu and Shastri ji. Will Narendra Modi wholeheartedly forgive his social gathering’s new Godse devotee? There’s the Father of the Nation, there are sons, and there are martyrs. Everybody deserves respect,” Shrinate mentioned in a submit on X.
In March, Shrinate herself had been embroiled in controversy earlier than the Lok Sabha elections over an objectionable submit relating to the actor.
Manoranjan Kalia, a senior BJP chief from Punjab, additionally criticised Ranaut for her newest remarks.
“I condemn Kangana Ranaut’s feedback made on Gandhi ji’s a hundred and fifty fifth start anniversary. In her quick political profession, she has developed a behavior of creating controversial statements,” Kalia mentioned in a video posted on social media.
“Politics isn’t her area. Politics is a critical affair. One should suppose earlier than talking… Her controversial remarks trigger bother for the social gathering,” he added.
It was solely final month that Ranaut confronted backlash for advocating the return of the three farm legal guidelines repealed in 2021.
The actor, who was elected as an MP in June, alleged that the farmers’ agitation towards the three farm legal guidelines was resulting in a “Bangladesh-type scenario in India”, claiming that “lifeless our bodies have been hanging, and rapes have been happening” on the protest websites.
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Ranaut later retracted her assertion, acknowledging that she ought to keep in mind she isn’t just an artist but additionally a BJP member.