Mumbai, Sep 6 (UNI) The ongoing war of words between Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut and Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut heated up on Sunday after the actress hit back at the Sena leader saying he does not represent the entire Maharashtra.
“Sanjay Raut ji, if I criticise Mumbai Police or if I criticise you, then you cannot say I am insulting Maharashtra. You are not Maharashtra,” Ms Ranaut said in a video message.
“Mr Raut, you called me ‘haramkhor ladki’. You know how many girls are raped every day in the country, how many of them are tortured and killed — sometimes by their own husbands. And you know who is responsible for all this? It is this mindset which you very shamelessly displayed in front of the entire country. The daughters of this country will never forgive you,” she said further in the video.
The award-winning actress also replied to Mr Raut’s warning that she will face consequences for her remarks if she returns to Mumbai.
“Your people are threatening me, still I will come to Mumbai on September 9,” she added.
The genesis of this verbal duel lies in a tweet from Ms Ranaut on Thursday in which she said, “Why is Mumbai feeling like Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir?”
Reacting to fellow actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, she said in another tweet, “After a major star has been killed, I spoke about drug and movie mafia racket, I do not trust Mumbai Police because they ignored SSR’s complaints. He told everyone they will kill him yet he was killed. If I feel unsafe, does that mean I hate the industry and Mumbai?”
To which, Mr Raut hit back at the actress in an editorial in Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ and asked Ms Ranaut not to return to Mumbai for criticising Mumbai Police.
On Friday, he had urged the Maharashtra government to take on against people defaming the city police.
Then, on Sunday, the Sena MP sought to tone down his rhetoric saying he will apologise to Ms Ranaut only if she apologises for her remarks.
“If that girl (Kangana) apologises to Maharashtra, then I will think about apologising. She has called Mumbai mini Pakistan. Does she have the courage to say the same about Ahmedabad?” he asked.
Ms Ranaut, who is currently in her home state Himachal Pradesh, had tweeted that she will be returning to Mumbai on September 9 and dared anyone to stop her.
