Kangana Ranaut's slap incident brings back focus on 2020 farmers' protest controversial post | All you need to know
CISF constable allegedly slapped the actor-turned-politician during a security check at the Chandigarh airport. The accused woman constable, identified as Kulwinder Kaur, was heard in the videos that went viral on social media platforms, raising strong objections to Kangana's controversial remarks during the 2020 farmers' protest.
In a viral video, Kulwinder Kaur was seen saying, “My mother was there," referring to Kangana Ranaut's statement saying women in the farmers' protest were paid ₹100 each to sit on Delhi borders.“Kangana kehti hai aurate 100-100 rupee mein baithi thi aurate farmer protest mein, yeh baithegi wahan pe? Meri maa baithi thi jab isne bayan diya tha (Kangana said the women were sitting in the farmers' protests for ₹100. Will she go and sit there? My mother was sitting there and protesting when she made that remark)," Kaur said.Later, the constable was suspended and placed under custody.
An FIR was filed against her, and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) initiated a court of inquiry into the matter.Following the slap incident, Kangana Ranaut expressed her concern over increasing terrorism in Punjab. The BJP MP alleged that a constable approached her from the side and struck her in the face before launching into a tirade of verbal abuse.
When Kangana asked the constable for the reason behind the attack, the constable replied by stating her support for the farmer protests."As soon as I came out after the security check, the lady in the second cabin, a CISF security staff, came from the side, hit me on my face and started abusing me. When I asked her why she did so, she said that she supports farmers' protest.
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