Kangana Ranaut slams BMC, Uddhav Govt for spending '₹82 lakh' to fight her over demolition

Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut on Tuesday hit out at Mumbai's civic body BMC and Uddhav Thackeray-led government for spending a whopping Rs 82 lakh on legal fees in demolition case against her. 

Reacting to a news piece which revealed that BMC has so far spent Rs 82 lakh on a Senior Advocate's fees in case, Kangana tweeted, "Papa’s Pappu (is) spending public money to tease a girl, this is where Maharashtra stands today. Very unfortunate."

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On September 9, BMC had partially demolished Kangana's plush office in Mumbai's Bandra, classifying it under illegal construction. actor n moved High court, stating that she was t given eugh time to respond to demolition tice. court too called BMC's decision 'hasty' and riddled with 'malafide' intentions. 

According to report, Mumbai civic body has spent quite a bit to battle Kangana Ranaut legally. Reports stated that till September 22, civic body spent Rs 22.50 lakh on case, and until October 7 a massive Rs 60 lakh was spent, taking total expense to Rs 82.50 lakh. 

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Kangana Ranaut’s property demolished 

A portion of Kangana’s home-cum-office of her production house Manikarnika Films at Pali Hill in Bandra was demolished by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation under controversial circumstances on September 9. actor had been on her way from Manali when drama unfolded after BMC pasted a 24-hour stop-work tice citing ‘illegal alterations’ and going ahead with demolition moments before she reached.

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action was conducted amid her face-off with Shiv Sena and Maharashtra government over her statements on Sushant Singh Rajput case and alleged drug consumption by Bollywood.  matter is w underway in Bombay High Court as Kangana sought Rs 2 crore compensation for dam, while BMC stuck to its guns.  On October 5, court closed all arguments and reserved its verdict.    

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