Kangana Ranaut says farmers’ protest is ‘politically motivated’, takes jibe at Diljit Dosanjh

Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut on Saturday said the protests by farmers are “politically motivated” and that terrorists are also taking part in it. In a video, she posted on social media, the actor said she was subjected to emotional and mental lynching online over the past 10 to 12 days.

“I have even faced rape and death threats,” the actor said in Hindi.

Commenting on separatism, Ranaut said she did her schooling in Punjab and was brought up in the state.

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“I know very well that 99% of people in Punjab don’t want Khalistan. They don’t want to divide the country. They love the country,” she said.

Commenting on the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh, the ‘Queen’ actor said, “Shaheen Bagh’s daadi can’t read or write but is still protesting to save her citizenship.”

“One daadi from Punjab is using abusive language against me while trying to save her land from the government,” she added.

“Friends, how come we have made ourselves so vulnerable in front of terrorists and foreign powers?” Ranaut exclaimed.

Taking a shot at fellow actors Diljit Dosanjh and Priyanka Chopra, Ranaut said, “Every single day I have to justify my intention, whereas I am a patriotic person.”

“What is Diljit Dosanjh and Priyanka Chopra doing? Why doesn’t anyone question them?”

“If I am doing ‘rajneeti’ (politics) by talking in favour of the country, what kind of ‘neeti’ are these people doing?” the actor said.

Ranaut recently got into a Twitter spat with Dosanjh over farmers’ protests.

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Farmers, chiefly from Punjab and Haryana, are protesting for the past three weeks against the three farm laws, enacted in September, during the Monsoon Session of Parliament.