Kangana Ranaut, an actor-turned-MP, recently launched another attack on Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition. On Saturday, she posted a morphed image of him on her Instagram stories, depicting him with a skull cap, turmeric tika, and a cross necklace. This was in response to his recent remarks on the caste census in Parliament. Subsequently, she trended on Twitter for her ‘trolling.’
Accompanying the picture, Kangana wrote, “Jaati jivi jise bina jaati pooche jaati ganana karani hai (He who wishes to hold a caste census without asking anyone’s caste).”
Currently, ‘Kangana’ is trending on Twitter with over 20,000 tweets. Many users criticized her, calling her a ‘troll’ and unfit for Parliament. One tweet read, “This is an appeal to @siddaramaiah, @revanth_anumula and @mkstalin. Kangana Ranaut has shared a shameful below-the-belt morphed image of Rahul Gandhi on Instagram. This is the time she gets dragged to court, just an online FIR won’t do the trick. This is absolutely sick from #KanganaRanaut and she just can’t be left unpunished.”
Shame on Kangana Ranaut 👎👎👎
What kind of manners your parents gave you.
Please @INCIndia take action.@TeamSaath pic.twitter.com/WW4oIsHE0O— Mr Yuuto (@MrYuuto7) August 3, 2024
Despite the backlash, some people supported Kangana and encouraged her to continue posting such content.
Previously, Kangana had shared old videos of Rahul Gandhi invoking caste in public meetings on her Instagram stories. She wrote, “Apni jaat ka kuch ata pata nahi, nanu Muslim, dadi Parsi, mummy Christian aur khud aisa lagta hai jaise Pasta ko kadi patte ka tadka lagakar kichadi banane ki koshish ki ho, aur inko sabki jaat pata karni hai. (You know nothing of your own caste, your grandfather is Muslim, grandmother Parsi, mummy Christian and it feels like someone tempered pasta with curry leaves to make rice and lentils, but he wants to know everyone’s caste.)”
She also added, “How can he publicly ask people their caste in such a crude, condescending manner, shame on Rahul Gandhi.”
Rahul Gandhi recently accused BJP MP Anurag Thakur of ‘insulting and abusing’ him in the Lok Sabha during the Union Budget discussion. Anurag Thakur had stated, “Those whose caste is not known, talk about the caste census,” without naming anyone. He later clarified, “I had said that someone who doesn’t know about caste talks about census. I did not name anyone.”
Rahul Gandhi, who had promised a nationwide caste census if the INDIA bloc came into power, responded, “You can insult me as much as you like but we will pass the caste census in Parliament. Anurag Thakur has abused me and insulted me. But I do not want any apology from him.”