On Thursday, Aam Aadmi Party's national executive member Preeti Sharma Menon submitted an application to the Mumbai Police, asking it to register a case against the actress for her remarks on India's freedom.
Filing the application under sections 504, 505 and 124A, Menon termed the remarks as “seditious and inflammatory".
Submitted an application to @MumbaiPolice requesting action on Kangana Ranaut for her seditious and inflammatory st… https://t.co/HEnTGJMSJa
— Preeti Sharma Menon (@PreetiSMenon) 1636620380000
During the TimesNow Summit 2021 on Wednesday, the actress declared that India attained "real freedom" in 2014 after the Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government came to power. She further described the 1947 Independence as 'bheek', or alms.
The comments by the 'Manikarnika' star, who is known for her bold statements, didn't go down well with politicians across the spectrum, including BJP MP Varun Gandhi, and a few others.
Gandhi took to Twitter to share the 24-second-long video of Ranaut's remarks.
Calling it an anti-national act, the Pilibhit MP said the remarks must be called out. "To not do so (calling out Ranaut's remarks) would be a betrayal of all those who shed blood so that today we may stand tall and free as a nation," Gandhi wrote in his tweet in Hindi.
People can never forget the infinite sacrifices of our freedom movement and the millions of lives lost and families destroyed, he added. Belittling it all in this "shameless manner" cannot be condoned simply as a careless or callous statement, he added.
कभी महात्मा गांधी जी के त्याग और तपस्या का अपमान, कभी उनके हत्यारे का सम्मान, और अब शहीद मंगल पाण्डेय से लेकर रानी… https://t.co/sY21QmNOSQ
— Varun Gandhi (@varungandhi80) 1636611327000
In reply to Gandhi, Ranaut hit back on Instagram. She said that the 'first freedom fight' of the 1857 revolution was curbed and had led to more atrocities and cruelties from the British. "And almost a century later, freedom was given to us in Gandhi's begging bowl," she wrote.
AgenciesKangana Ranaut's Instagram Story
The Padma Shri awardee also targeted the Congress in her remarks at the TimesNow summit. "If we get freedom as a 'bheek', is it even freedom? What the British left behind in the name of Congress... They were the extension of the British...," she said.
Actress Swara Bhasker, who also shared the video clip on her Twitter page, wondered about those who were heard clapping at Ranaut's comments.
Who are the idiots who are clapping is what I want to know.. https://t.co/LRhbGjHsxF
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) 1636573905000
Film-maker Onir, too, was upset.
Will we now start celebrating a new Independence Day ?
— অনির Onir اونیر ओनिर he/him (@IamOnir) 1636610330000
Ranaut's Twitter account was suspended in May 2021 for repeatedly violating its rules on hateful and abusive behaviour.
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