Ramdas Athawale said he supported Kangana Ranaut’s stance on Sushant Singh Rajput. (File)
Mumbai:
Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Friday spoke out in favour of Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut, who had said Mumbai felt “like Pakistan-occupied Kashmir”, and slammed the Shiv Sena for saying the movie star should not return to the city.
Chatting with info firm ANI, Mr Athawale, president of the Republican Part of India and an ally of the BJP which tips the centre, said whereas he did not know the whole actuality, nonetheless suggestions by Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut have been “utterly uncalled for”.
“Raut is an efficient buddy of mine. He is a Shiv Sena chief, a celebration spokesperson along with the Saamana editor. I have no idea the whole actuality however when the least bit he has threatened the actress it is pretty unfortunate. We’re all with Ranaut and family in her battle for justice to Sushant Singh Rajput,” Mr Athawale said.
The BJP distanced itself from Ms Ranaut’s remarks nonetheless some leaders condemned Shiv Sena protests in the direction of the actor.
The women’s wing of the Shiv Sena had carried out protests in the direction of her in Mumbai and Thane, and had shouted slogans along with slapped slippers on her footage and effigies.
Taking to Twitter, former Chief Minister and BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis’s partner Amruta Fadnavis said, “We couldn’t agree with what any person has to say, nonetheless we should always defend the becoming to particular in democracy! Freedom of speech, freedom of notion, freedom of movement, freedom of press-cannot b suppressed! We’re in a position to have counter arguments nonetheless beating posters of critics with chappals is a model new low.”
Former state minister and BJP chief Ashish Shelar, within the meantime, said, “We completely disagree with Kangana’s suggestions about Mumbai and residents of this metropolis. I moreover want to ask Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Raut to not assault BJP from the shoulders of actor Ranaut.”
Kangana Ranaut triggered widespread outrage on Thursday for saying the city “felt like Pakistan-occupied Kashmir” and doubled down on the remarks a day later, in distinction the ruling coalition to “Taliban”.
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said she had no right to stay in Mumbai if she feels unsafe and had such disparaging points to say for the police energy that was sacrificing its lives in situations of the coronavirus pandemic.
A vocal supporter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP, which is in opposition in Maharashtra, Kangana Ranaut has been attacking the federal authorities and the police for weeks over the lack of lifetime of actor Sushant Singh Rajput in June.
(With inputs from ANI)
