Kangana Ranaut deletes social media post criticising Donald Trump on instructions from BJP

Actor and Mandi MP Kangana Ranaut on Thursday said that Bharatiya Janata Party National President JP Nadda had asked her to delete her social media post criticising United States President Donald Trump for asking Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook not to expand manufacturing in India.

“I regret posting that very personal opinion of mine, as per instructions I immediately deleted it from Instagram as well,” said Ranaut.

Respected national president Shri @JPNadda ji called and asked me to delete the tweet I had posted regarding Trump asking Apple CEO Tim Cook not to manufacture in India.
I regret posting that very personal opinion of mine, as per instructions I immediately deleted it from…— Kangana Ranaut (@KanganaTeam) May 15, 2025

In the post on X earlier in the day, Ranaut had asked what could be the reason behind Trump’s direction to Cook and listed three points comparing the US president with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

This came after Trump, at an event in Qatar, said he had told Cook that “India can take care of themselves, they are doing very well”. He also claimed that Apple would be “upping their production” in the US because of his talks with Cook.

The statement came in light of attempts by Apple to diversify its manufacturing beyond China, where it makes...

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