Kangana Ranaut Major Political Controversies

Kangana's Charkhi Dadri (Haryana) visit: No controversy, just a low-key wave

Media of Haryana may have felt disappointed after actress turned MP Kangana Ranaut’s visit to Charkhi Dadri ended courting any political controversy.

Ranaut who is best known for her portrayal of Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi in movie “ Manikarnika : Queen of Jhansi “ had been to Charkhi Dadri recently on a personal visit and her waving to people from the car went viral.

Himachal MP has bene maintaining a low profile after she was “ advised” by the BJP of not making controversial statements after a spate of such statements embarrassed top echelons of the party.

Asks for a U-turn on farm laws

In September this year, Ranaut brought back the contentious issue of farm laws from the back burner. She said that the three farm laws which were promulgated by the union government should be brought back.

BJP was quick to rein in their first time MP as the issue of farm laws like monkey on the back for the party whose government had to retract and take the laws back after the farmers’ protest generated negative publicity for Modi government. Farming community’s anger against BJP leaders on this issue is well known.

It was therefore probably for the first time that Ranaut herself felt the heat and took her statement back.

Linked farmer protest with Bangladesh like situation- In the month of August this year, Ranaut who is an MP from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh stirred the hornets’ nest after she raked up the issue of farmer agitation and linked it with the political volatility in Bangladesh. She said that Anarchy like Bangladesh could have happened here (India) too in the name of farmers protest and credited PM Modi for his leadership in such testing times.

Consequence

However her statement did not go down well with political parties and BJP found itself dumbfounded in the wake of impending assembly election in Haryana where farmer community could have taken objection and voter sentiment could have gone against BJP.

The party was quick to distance itself from her statement and also asked her to refrain from making such statements.

Attacked Rahul Gandhi

The ‘ queen ‘ of controversy Ranaut made the congress party leaders enraged when she said that Rahul Gandhi should be tested for drugs. She was speaking in an interview when she said this while referring to the maiden speech of Rahul Gandhi as LoP – Lok Sabha.

Her statement about India getting real independence after 2014( When PM Modi came to power) is always a centre of controversy.