Had expressed displeasure over Kangana’s remarks on farmers’ protests: Grewal
Kangana, MP from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, recently posted a clip from her interview with Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar in which she suggested that a “Bangladesh-like situation” could have arisen in India if the country did not have strong leadership (Photo: PTI)
Senior Punjab BJP leader Harjit Singh Grewal said he immediately spoke to his party’s high command following Mandi MP Kangana Ranaut’s remarks on the farmers’ protests and expressed his displeasure.
Grewal said he had spoken to Home Minister and BJP president JP Nadda on the phone about this.
Kangana, MP from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, recently posted a clip from her interview with Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar, in which she suggested that a “Bangladesh-like situation” could have arisen in India if the country did not have strong leadership.
She then alleged that corpses were being hanged and rapes were taking place during the farmers’ protests against the now-repealed farm laws.
“The first thing is that becoming a MP does not make you a leader…aligning yourself with the ideology of (the party) does not happen overnight. I have been with the BJP for over 35 years,” Grewal told reporters on Sunday.
“When she said that (made this remark), I immediately reacted and told her that it was not the ideology of our party,” said Grewal, a member of the BJP national executive.
The BJP had last week criticised Ranaut for her derogatory remarks on the farmers’ agitation. The party expressed disagreement with her views and made it clear that she is not allowed or permitted to comment on the party’s policies.
On Ranaut’s upcoming film “Emergency”, for which the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has issued a legal notice to the film’s producers after the Sikh apex religious body alleged that the film misrepresented the character and history of the Sikhs, Grewal said it was up to the Censor Board to take a decision on the matter.
“…It is the job of the Censorship Council whether they pass the law or not, the party has nothing to do with it,” he said.
“Secondly, if anyone speaks against ‘Khalsa’ or against Punjab, every BJP worker will take a stand against it,” he added.
Meanwhile, Grewal took on the Congress over the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, claiming that the grand old party had ‘honoured’ those involved in the riots while the BJP government had ensured that those responsible for the riots were punished.
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First publication: 02 Sep 2024 | 14:36 IST