Police complaint filed against Kangana Ranaut over Sonia Gandhi remarks
The Mandi MP faces allegations of spreading false information and promoting hatred following her social media comments regarding the former AICC president.
A complaint has been filed with the Himachal Pradesh Police against Mandi MP Kangana Ranaut for allegedly making derogatory and misleading remarks about former AICC president Sonia Gandhi on social media, according to The Tribune.
Capt Atul Sharma submitted the complaint to Director General of Police (DGP) Ashok Tewari, seeking an FIR against the BJP MP. Sharma alleged that Ranaut's posts spread false information, questioned constitutional loyalty, and promoted hatred.
The remarks were made by Ranaut in relation to her research for the film Emergency and the release of Gandhi's memoir, Belonging: A Journey Of Love. Ranaut questioned how Gandhi could be uninformed about the events involving the deaths of Gandhi family members that occurred years after she joined the family.
Ranaut also referred to Gandhi as a 'mysterious foreign national' and commented on the circumstances involving Maneka Gandhi being removed from the family home.
Congress leader and Chief Minister's Media Advisor Naresh Chauhan criticised the remarks as unfortunate. Chauhan said the BJP should explain why it chose a celebrity as a candidate for Mandi instead of experienced party workers.
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey also criticised the memoir, alleging the book portrays Gandhi as being good while suggesting others are bad, which he said is against Indian culture.