Kangana Ranaut slams Uddhav government for witch-hunt on Republic TV; calls it 'shameful'

Kangana Ranaut vented at Maharashtra Maha Vikas Aghadi government over its witch-hunt against Republic Media Network. actor termed harassment of journalists, as an FIR was filed against 1000 employees, as ‘shameful’. She also hit out at a netizen using Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in same breath as Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Kangana Ranaut hits out at MVA government over Republic row

A netizen had quipped on Mumbai Police’s conspiracy against Republic that if PM Modi had similarly filed cases against his detractors, n 'entire Lutyens journalists would have been behind bars.' Kangana found comparison between ‘Mahrashtra ke pappupro’ and a ‘self-made leader’ as being a complete contrast. 

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Referring to Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray, she asked, ‘How will a person who had sold his far’s principles for power will understand rights and emotions of anyone?” 

Kangana herself has been battling Uddhav Thackeray-led government as multiple cases and FIRs have been filed against her in state, most of m on basis of her tweets. In a dramatic incident last month, Sena-led BMC had razed a portion of Kangana’s office citing 'illegal alterations' as she hit out at Mumbai Police ove Sushant Singh Rajput and drug cases. National award winner, however, has t relented and continued to hit back at m.

Witch-hunt against Republic Media Network

Republic employees have been questioned for over a combined 100 hours in this brazen attack on freedom of press. Arnab Goswami has been questioned for 20 hours, Niranjan Narayanaswamy for 17 hours, Senior Executive Editor Abhishek Kapoor for 7 hours, Republic Media Network CEO Vikas Khanchandanani for 7 hours, Assistant Vice President Ghanshyam Singh for 25 hours, CFO Sundaram for 32 hours and COO Harsh Bhandari for 8 hours.

Two shocking decisions dominated proceedings on Friday. First, Section 91 tice was filed against Republic TV, that sought details of smallest transactions, like cost of tissue, papers among ors. This was followed by FIR against all employees of Republic Media Network, that sent shockwaves across nation. se are just latest in a concerted and single-minded witch-hunt against network which has been utterly and comprehensively exposed fact-by-fact at every turn.

Accompanying Republic Media Network's Senior Associate Editor Shawan Sen and Executive Editor Niranjan Narayanaswamy to NM Joshi Marg Police Station on Saturday, Arnab Goswami pointed out that Param Bir Singh, in his witch hunt to target Republic, invoked one of rarest sections, Section 3(1) - a 1922 law belonging to British Raj & last used during Emergency era, to target network's journalists. 

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