BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Thursday hit back at Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) president and former MP Simranjit Singh Mann, following his disparaging remarks. Mann was reacting to the recent controversy surrounding Ranaut’s comments on the farmers’ protest.
The 79-year-old politician made disparaging remarks, mentioning “rape”, when asked by a journalist for his comment on the Mandi MP’s remark.
Posting the clip of Mann’s interview, the actor-turned-politician said this country will never stop trivializing rape.
In an interview with microblogging site X (formerly Twitter), Ranaut said: “It seems this country will never stop trivialising rape; today this senior politician compared being raped to riding a bike.”
He also said that rapes and Violence against women “It is deeply rooted in the psyche of this patriarchal nation.”
“It is no wonder that rape and violence against women for fun is so ingrained in the psyche of this patriarchal nation that it is casually used to mock a woman even if she is a high-profile figure. filmmaker or politician,” he added.
The Mandi MP had stoked a controversy recently by suggesting that the farmers’ protests could have led to a Bangladesh-like crisis in the country if the leadership had not been strong enough.
Following Ranaut’s statement, the BJP also distanced itself from her and asked her to refrain from making such statements in future.
She had alleged that there were hanging bodies and rapes taking place during the farmers’ protest against the now-repealed law. agricultural laws.
‘An insult to our daughters’
Chairperson, Haryana State Women’s Commission Renu Bhatia also condemned Mann’s comments. Making such a statement is an “insult to our daughters,” she said.
Mann, a former Indian Police Service officer who has been a vocal advocate for Khalistan, was in Karnal to attend a party event.
Haryana Assembly elections will be held on October 1.
Mann resigned from the IPS in 1984 after Operation Bluestar at the Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out militants hiding in the complex.
He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Tarn Taran in 1989, from Sangrur in 1999 and again from the same constituency in a by-election in 2022.
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