BJP Mandi MP Kangana Ranaut sparked an argument on the event of Gandhi Jayanti with an Instagram submit about Mahatma Gandhi and former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri.
Kangana confronted criticism for her feedback on the farmers’ protests, now, paid tribute to Shastri on his 120th start anniversary with a submit that appeared to downplay Gandhi’s standing because the Father of the Nation.
“Desh ke pita nahi, desh ke to lal hote hai. Dhanye hai Bharat ma ke ye lal (‘The nation doesn’t have fathers; it has sons. Blessed are these sons of Mom India)” she wrote on her Instagram Tales.
In a follow-up submit, she praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for persevering with Gandhi’s legacy of cleanliness within the nation.
The submit about Shastri and Gandhi has sparked one other controversy for the BJP MP from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, as Congress chief Supriya Shrinate criticised Ranaut for her “lewd jibe” at Gandhi.
“BJP MP Kangana made this lewd jibe on Mahatma Gandhi’s start anniversary. Godse worshippers draw distinctions between Bapu and Shastri ji. Will Narendra Modi wholeheartedly forgive his get together’s new Godse devotee? There may be the Father of the Nation, there are sons, and there are martyrs. Everybody deserves respect,” Shrinate mentioned in a submit on X.
(With PTI Inputs)
