Amruta Fadnavis’s comments come as a furious battle ensues between Kangana Ranaut and Maharashtra.
Mumbai:
Amruta Fadnavis, wife of former Maharashtra chief minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis, took to Twitter to indirectly support actor Kangana Ranaut, who is at the center of a political controversy for his tweet where he said Mumbai “felt like the Pakistani-occupied Kashmir. “
Ms Fadnavis did not name the actor in her tweet where she said that freedom of speech and the right to express oneself must be defended in a democracy, even if we disagree with someone.
She added: “We may have arguments against it, but hitting posters of critics with chappals it’s a new low. “
We may not agree with what someone has to say, but we must defend the right to express ourselves in democracy! We may have arguments against it, but beating critics’ cartels with chappals is a new low
– AMRUTA FADNAVIS (@fadnavis_amruta) September 4, 2020
His comments come amid a fierce battle between Maharashtra coalition government leaders and Ms Ranaut, who has been targeting the Mumbai government and police for weeks over the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput in June.
The BJP has so far distanced itself from Ms Ranaut’s comments with party leader Ashish Shelar saying: “Kangana should not try to teach Mumbai, Mumbaikars and Maharashtra. Sanjay Raut should not attack us through Kangana Ranaut. BJP has no nothing to do with Kangana. ” Many other political leaders and even actors have criticized Ms. Ranaut’s comments.
Ms. Ranaut, 33, has openly supported Prime Minister Narendra Modi and is currently in Manali, Himachal Pradesh.
The controversy erupted after the actor attacked the Mumbai police several times over the investigation into the death case of Sushant Singh Rajput.
Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut wrote in the Saamana party spokesman: “We kindly ask you not to come to Mumbai. This is nothing more than an insult to the Mumbai police. The Home Office should take action on this.”
Kangana Ranaut’s outburst came shortly after, when, tagging a news report, he compared the city to PoK and then the ruling coalition to the Taliban.
“The leader of Sanjay Raut Shiv Sena has openly threatened me and asked me not to return to Mumbai, after Aazadi graffiti on the streets of Mumbai and now open threats, why does Mumbai feel like Pakistan occupied Kashmir? “he tweeted.
Maharashtra Interior Minister Anil Deshmukh also said that Ms Ranaut has no right to stay in Mumbai if she feels insecure as the Queen actor said: “He is taking his own calls about my democratic rights, from POK to the Taliban in one day. “
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