Kangana Ranaut the actor-politician said the laws – rolled back by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in November 2021 after massive agitations – “should be brought back… the farmers themselves should demand it”.
There was no reason for her to say this. The BJP clarified that they were her personal views and nothing to do with the Government or the party line for that matter.
“I know this will be controversial… but I feel the farm laws that were repealed should be brought back. The farmers themselves should demand it. They are a pillar of strength for the nation’s developmentand I want to appeal to them – demand the laws back for your own good,”She then responded to BJP’s statement and said, “My views on farm laws are personal and they don’t represent the party’s stand on those Bills.Ranaut, whose latest film, ‘Emergency’, is fighting for a censor certificate, has already been reprimanded once by the BJP – last month – over earlier remarks on the farmers’ protests.
The actor had said that a “Bangladesh-like situation” could have erupted in India during the farmers’ protests if strong measures had not been taken by the Centre. In 2020, as the farmers’ protests were gathering steam, she allegedly misidentified a woman farmer from Punjab and called her Bilkis Bano.
