Kangana Ranaut Falsely Claims She Was ‘Forced’ To Vote For Shiv Sena In 2019 Lok Sabha Polls

09/18/2020 India


Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut has been at the center of media attention and controversy since her claim that she was a victim of nepotism in the film industry, as has the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput. However, what started as an attack on Bollywood has now turned into a political upheaval with the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government. Earlier this month, Ranaut compared Mumbai to Pakistani-occupied Kashmir, after which the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) demolished parts of its office in Bandra.

In a recent interview with Navika Kumar on Times Now, Ranaut claimed that she was “forced” to vote for Shiv Sena because of the party’s alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). “I’m a BJP supporter, why should I vote for Shiv Sena?” she recalled her experience voting from Bandra. “Look, I don’t understand politics, I’m very naive. I don’t know why these groupisms occur, but I was forced to put my hand on the Shiv Sena button because there was no BJP option. Their alliance for those areas was one and only Shiv Sena, so I voted for them and this is the treatment I’m getting. “

Fact Review

India Today Deputy Editor Kamlesh Sutar pointed out some factual discrepancies in Ranaut’s claim. “According to the CEO Maharashtra data, Kangana Ranaut is a voter from the west seat of Bandra. Ashish Shelar from the BJP was a candidate for the Sena-BJP here in 2019. In Loksabha again, Poonam Mahajan from the BJP fought and won.

In response to Sutar’s tweet, Ranaut accused him of spreading “naughty lies” and threatened him with legal consequences. “I am clearly talking about the Lok Sabha elections, but he is deliberately talking about the Vidhan Sabha elections,” he wrote.

However, as Sutar pointed out, Ranaut’s claim that she was “forced” to vote for Shiv Sena cannot be true. Candidates for electoral districts in which Kangana Ranaut is registered to vote during the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha elections belonged to the BJP, and BJP-Shiv Sena participated in the elections as an alliance.

Lok Sabha Elections

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Ranaut cast his vote at a voting booth in Khar.

Khar is located in the suburban district of Mumbai which is part of the constituency of the assembly of Vandre (Bandra) West under the constituency of Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha. Readers can check the same on the website of the Electoral Director, Maharashtra, under ‘General Information> List of Polling Stations’.

Poonam Mahajan of the BJP was the BJP-Shiv Sena candidate who emerged victorious from Mumbai North Central.

Therefore, Ranaut’s claim that she was “forced” to vote for a Shiv Sena candidate in the Lok Sabha elections due to the party’s alliance with the BJP cannot be true.

Vidhan Sabha’s Elections

According to a report by Amar Ujala, Ranaut was not in Mumbai at the time of the assembly elections in October 2019. Had he cast his vote, it would have been for a BJP politician. Ashish Shelar from BJP was the BJP-Shiv Sena candidate from the Bandra West assembly constituency and also won the seat.

Kangana Ranaut made false claims on national television and then again on social media. When called for the same thing, the actor threatened journalist Kamlesh Sutar with legal consequences. Mumbai Press Club condemned Ranaut’s statement and wrote: “Celebrities, politicians and their workers, please do not intimidate journalists.” Ranaut later deleted her tweets.

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