BJP minister seeks protection for Kangana
The political row over Kangana Ranaut's tweet likening Mumbai to Pakistan Occupied Kashmir -- for which she has been threatened by Shiv Sena leaders -- heated up further today when Anil Vij, Home Minister in BJP-led Haryana government, sought police protection for the actor.
"Kangana Ranaut should be given police protection. She should be allowed to make revelations freely (in the Sushant Singh Rajput case)," Haryana Minister Anil Vij said seemingly endorsing the "freedom of speech" stance taken by Amruta Fadnavis, wife of former Maharashtra Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis.
Vij's request to "protect" the actor comes a day after Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik said Ranaut should be booked for sedition and that his colleague Sanjay Raut's suggestion -- of Shiv Sena women members slapping the actor if she flew into Mumbai on September 9 -- were mild.
In response to his comment the chief of National Commission for Women, Rekha Sharma, demanded that Sarnaik be arrested.
Ranaut has been constantly attacking the Congress-Shiv Sena-NCP government in Maharashtra, the Mumbai Police and Bollywood over the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput for weeks now.
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