Kangana Ranaut 'flattered' at Congress' effigy burning; questions 'Pappu with Champu army'

Reacting to Punjab Congress workers burning her effigies on Tuesday, actor Kangana Ranaut on Wednesday asked wher she is "some minister or a great opposition leader?" Taking to Twitter, actor said that first Congress in Maharashtra "threatened" her and beat her posters with chappals and w Congress in Punjab "burning my effigies, seems like a clear case of mistaken identity."

'This is rar flattering'

Punjab Congress burnt effigies of Kangana Ranaut at Amritsar over her tweet calling farmers protesting farm bills passed by government as “terrorists”, and criticized her for same. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated farmers, stating that passing of farm bills in Parliament was a "watershed moment in history of Indian agriculture". Amid protests from Opposition and farmers in several parts of country, Rajya Sabha passed Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020, and Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020. 

'I will apologize and leave Twitter forever'

In a series of tweets, Prime Minister said that pass of bills will liberate farmers from decades of various constraints and bullying by middlemen. Ranaut retweeted one of PM’s tweets and described protesters as “ same terrorists who indulged in bloodshed even though countryman lost citizenship due to CAA”.

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actor on Monday clarified that she did t call farmers terrorists and dared anybody to prove it. She said, "Like Lord Krishna has Narayani Army, similarly Pappu has his Champu army that kws only to fight on basis of rumours. This is my original tweet, if somebody can prove that I called farmers terrorists n I will apologize and leave Twitter forever.”

Meanwhile,  Shiv Sena on Tuesday attacked BJP over "it's silence" on Kangana's remarks. Shiv Sena, in an editorial in Saamana, said that political party that “glided like snakes” to what actress said are w silent on “insult” to farmers.  Without naming Ranaut, editorial said, “Farmers fighting for ir rights are ‘terrorists’, if anyone is saying this n it is dishonesty. But political parties that glide like a snake when an actress speaks are w silent on insult of farmers.”

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