Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kangana Ranaut slammed the Congress on Saturday, accusing the ruling party in the state of “looting” the people and enticing them with “false” promises.
Addressing a gathering in Mandi district, Ranaut said, “Other than looting, what else is the Congress doing here? Today I want to ask them if they would give Rs 1,500 to all the sisters and mothers here. What happened to that money? They said they would give 5 lakh job opportunities. Where are those jobs? Why do they make fake promises and lure people? Till when will such politics go on?”
“We must wake our Himachal people and protect them against the false promises of Congress. Do not fall into the trap of these false promises. We have to walk step by step with the idea of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘New Bharat’,” said Ranaut.
Earlier on Wednesday, in response to Congress leader Digvijay Singh’s statements questioning “who lives there” on Katchatheevu Island, Kangana Ranaut stated people will give a befitting reply to such parties who have this mindset.
Kangana Ranaut remarked that because of such a mindset, development could not occur in the remote areas of the country during the Congress’s tenure.
Earlier, Digvijay Singh on Katchatheevu Island said,” Does anyone live there? This is utter nonsense. PM Modi talks baseless.”
“The decades-old territorial and fishing rights dispute around Katchatheevu Island is in the limelight ahead of the general elections, with the BJP and the opposition engaged in a war of words over the issue.”
Earlier this month, the actor, now engaged in politics, expressed her solidarity with Hema, denouncing remarks she characterized as sexist and misogynistic made by Congress leader Randeep Surjewala.
Kangana commended Hema for her lifelong dedication to the arts and condemned such remarks as unacceptable. Kangana Ranaut has been nominated as a candidate from Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi, a Congress stronghold.
Kangana will be next seen in ‘Emergency’, which also signifies her first solo directorial venture.