‘Kangana Ranaut neither permitted nor authorised to make statements on policy issues,’ says BJP
The Hindutva party’s clarification came after the Mandi MP claimed that the farmers’ protests could have led to ‘Bangladesh-like anarchy’ in India.
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Kangana Ranaut is neither permitted nor authorised to make statements on policy issues on behalf of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Hindutva party said on Monday, reported ANI.
The BJP’s clarification came against the backdrop of Ranaut claiming that the farmers’ protests could have led to “Bangladesh-like anarchy” in India.
In a video shared via her X account earlier on Monday, Ranaut said that “bodies were hanging and rapes were taking place” during the farmers’ protest against the now-repealed farm laws.
In 2020, the Centre introduced three new farm laws claiming they would enhance farmers’ access to markets and boost production through private investment.
The laws were repealed in November 2021 after more than a year of protests by farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh who held sit-in agitations at Delhi’s borders. They claimed the laws would make them vulnerable to corporate exploitation and dismantle the minimum support price regime.
“Outside forces are planning to destroy us with the help of insiders,” Ranaut said about the protests in the video she shared on Monday. “If it wouldn’t have been for the foresight of our [Modi government’s] leadership they would have succeeded.”
Following this, Ranaut’s party said: “The statement made by BJP MP Kangana Ranaut in the context of...
