Kangana Ranaut Vs Supriya Shrinate: 5 times the Queen actor stoked a political row
Supriya Shrinate on actress Kangana Ranaut's electoral debut has sparked a fresh controversy. The National Commission of Women has demanded action against the Congress leader. Although Supriya clarified that the post, which has since been removed from Instagram, was posted from a parody account, she has however issued an apology.
Kangana Ranaut is contesting Lok Sabha elections 2024 as a Bhartiya Janata Party candidate from Mandi in her home state of Himachal Pradesh. This is not the first time that the ‘Queen’ actor is at the centre of a political controversy. Here are five recent political controversies involving the actor-turned politician: Kangana has been a vocal supporter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
In November 2021, the Thalaivii actor sparked a row with her thoughts on the freedom of India. At a TV channel summit, Kangana said that the freedom India got in 1947 was a 'bheek' or 'alms'. She, in fact, said the citizens of India got real freedom in 2014, when Narendra Modi was sworn in as Prime Minister for the first time.
Many criticised her for insulting freedom fighters with the comment. And among those who responded was BJP member of parliament Varun Gandhi who wondered if he should call the comment ‘madness or treason’. In May, the same year, an FIR was filed against Kangana for allegedly spreading hate propaganda and inciting communal violence in West Bengal.
The complaint said that the actor had maligned the image of West Bengal’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The police filed a case after the ‘Queen’ actor took a direct dig at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee while responding to the post-poll vilolence in West Bengal. The comments led to her X (then Twitter) account being suspended, only to be restored
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