Kangana Ranaut hit back at Sanjay Raut over his ‘BJP backing Kangana’ remark in a Saamana article, and asked if the saffron party let “Shiv Sena goons rape and openly lynch” her.
Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut (Photo: PTI)
Should Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) let Shiv Sena goons rape and openly lynch me?” asked Kangana Ranaut after Sanjay Raut attacked the saffron party for “backing” the Bollywood actress who had likened Mumbai to Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK).
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, in his weekly column ‘Rokhthok’ in party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, took a swipe at the BJP, saying it was unfortunate that Maharashtra’s main opposition party was supporting Kangana Ranaut despite the actress likening Mumbai to PoK.
Taking to Twitter, Kangana Ranaut took a jibe at Sanjay Raut, saying it was unfortunate that the BJP was protecting someone who “busted drug and mafia racket”.
“Wow!! Unfortunate that BJP is protecting someone who busted drug and mafia racket, BJP should instead let Shiv Sena goons break my face, rape or openly lynch me, nahin Sanjay [Raut] ji? How dare they protect a young woman who is standing against the mafia!!!” Kangana Ranaut tweeted.
The Shiv Sena and Kangana Ranaut have been engaged in a war of words after the latter recently likened Mumbai to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and also said she feared Mumbai Policemore than “movie mafia”.
Sanjay Raut, in his Saamana piece, said, “It’s unfortunate that Maharashtra’s prime opposition party is standing behind those who call Mumbai as PoK and BMC as Babar Army. This is an attempt to win upper caste Rajput and Kshatriya votes [in Bihar polls]…Not one Maharashtra [BJP] leader in Delhi was sad over the manner in which the state has been humiliated.”
Sanjay Raut also also claimed there is a systematic effort to reduce the importance of Mumbai, and constantly defaming the city is part of that conspiracy. “This is a difficult period when all Marathi people in Maharashtra should unite,” the Shiv Sena leader said.
“An actress humiliates the chief minister and people of the state shouldn’t react, what kind of one-sided freedom is this?” asked Raut, adding, “She [Kangana Ranaut] created drama by calling her illegal structure ‘built-in Pakistan’ and that a ‘surgical strike’ is carried out on the illegal constructions in ‘Pakistan’. What sort of games are these?”