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 likened Mumbai to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and also said she feared Mumbai Police more 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.ADVERTISEMENT
“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?”
Earlier in the day, Karni Sena members met Kangana Ranaut at his residence in Mumbai. Later, Karni Sena national head Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi assured support to the actress.
KANGANA RANAUT TO MEET GOVERNOR KOSHIYARI
Kangana Ranaut is scheduled to meet Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari on Sunday. The meeting is scheduled at the Raj Bhavan in Mumbai at 4.30 pm before she leaves for her hometown in Himachal Pradesh.