“Politics Is Not Her Field” Kangana Faces Backlash From BJP Following Her Comment On Gandhi (image- instagram/ kanganaranaut)

Actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut has sparked yet another fresh row following her controversial remark on Mahatma Gandhi and former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri.

Kangana, on October 2, paid tribute to Shastri on his 120th birth anniversary in a post to which Congress claimed she downplayed the stature of Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.

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In a following post on her Instagram story, Kangana replying to Congress said that the country does not have fathers; it has sons. “Desh ke pita nahi, desh ke to lal hote hai. Dhanye hain Bharat maa ke ye lal”.

Meanwhile, in a follow-up post, the Parliamentarian credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for carrying forward Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy of cleanliness in the country.

Her post on Gandhi has prompted multiple attacks from the Congress party and criticised Ranaut for her “lewd jibe” at Mahatma Gandhi.

Congress leader Supriya Shrinate posted on X, “BJP MP Kangana made this lewd jibe on Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary. Godse worshippers draw distinctions between Bapu and Shastri ji. Will Narendra Modi wholeheartedly forgive his party’s new Godse devotee? There is the Father of the Nation, there are sons, and there are martyrs. Everyone deserves respect.”

Manoranjan Kalia, a senior BJP leader from Punjab, also slammed Kangana for her remarks on Gandhi Jayanti, saying that politics is not her field.

In a video posted on social media he said, “I condemn Kangana Ranaut’s comments made on Gandhi ji’s 155th birth anniversary. In her short political career, she has developed a habit of making controversial statements. Politics is not her field. Politics is a serious affair. One must think before speaking… Her controversial remarks cause trouble for the party.”

The new trouble for the party has come just days after Kangana’s remarks on the farmers’ bill which received massive outrage across the country. The party itself had distanced from her remark.

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The actress had alleged that the farmers’ agitation against the three farm laws was leading to a “Bangladesh-type situation in India”, claiming that “dead bodies were hanging, and rapes were taking place” at the protest sites.