Lok Sabha polls: Mandi will teach Cong prince, says Kangana
File photo of former Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur with actor and BJP candidate Kangana Ranaut during the latter’s election campaign ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, in Kullu, Friday, April 12, 2024. (Photo: PTI)
People of Mandi will teach a lesson to the gangs of ‘shehzadas’ for making inappropriate comments and disrespecting the women of the state, BJP candidate from Mandi and Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut said on Saturday.
At a public meeting in the Jhakari area of the Mandi Parliament constituency, Kangana pointed her guns at Congress leader Vikramaditya Singh, calling him ‘Prince of Rampur’ and taking exception to his reference to her Bollywood connection.
Vikramaditya Singh is a scion of the erstwhile Bushahr estate, now known as Rampur, one of the 17 assembly segments in the Mandi Lok Sabha constituency.
Referring to Kangana, Singh had earlier said, ‘I pray to Lord Ram for her wisdom and hope she returns from ‘Dev Bhoomi’ Himachal to Bollywood purely as she will not win the elections as she knows nothing about the people of Himachal. “
During her meeting, Kangana responded to the dig by saying, “Now they are saying that I am impure because I came here after working in the film industry and that I should first start purifying myself.”
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The actor said she found the comment offensive because by working in films she supported her family, educated her siblings, treated her sister who was a victim of an acid attack and made the state proud.
She compared Vikramaditya Singh, who comes from money, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who, she said, “was born into a poor family and saw his mother struggle growing up.”
This is the reason he gave 33 per cent reservation for both women in Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha, Kangana claimed.
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First print: April 27, 2024 | 11:28 PM IST