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'Every Woman Deserves Her Dignity': Kangana Ranaut Slams Congress Leader Shrinate For Derogatory Social Media Post - All About It
Actress Kangana Ranaut is the BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Mandi
The National Commission for Women (NCW) has sought "strict and immediate" action against Congress leader Supriya Shrinate for a derogatory post on actress Kangana Ranaut, who is BJP's Lok Sabha candidate from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.
The post, which appeared on Shrinate's Instagram account, featured a photo of Kangana with an derogatory caption.
Kangana took to social media to respond to Shrinate's post, pointing out that she has played different women roles, "from a prostitute in Rajjo to a revolutionary leader in Thalaivii."
"Dear Supriya ji In the last 20 years of my career as an artist I have played all kinds of women. From a naive girl in Queen to a seductive spy in Dhaakad, from a goddess in Manikarnika to a demon in Chandramukhi, from a prostitute in Rajjo to a revolutionary leader in Thalaivii," Kangana said.
"We must free our daughters from the shackles of prejudices, we must rise above the curiosity about their body parts and above all we must refrain from using sex workers challenging lives or circumstances as some kind of abuse or slur… every woman deserves her dignity…," she added.
Following the controversy over the post, Shrinate issued a video clarification and said she had deleted the "inappropriate posts" that were made from her handle without her knowledge.
"Many people have access to my Facebook and Instagram accounts. Someone from them made an extremely inappropriate post today. As soon as I came to know, I deleted that post. Everyone who knows me, also knows very well that I can never make personal and indecent comments towards any woman," she said.
The bollywood actress also shared the screenshot of a conversation in which a Gujarat Congress leader is seen making a vile remark on her electoral debut.
"If a young man gets ticket his ideology is attacked if a young woman gets ticket her sexuality is attacked. Strange!! Also congress people are sexualising a small town's name. Mandi is being used in sexual context everywhere, just because it has a young woman candidate, shame on Congress people for displaying sexist tendencies," she said.
Meanwhile, the NCW has slammed Shrinate and Congress leader Ahir for their "disgraceful conduct" and written a letter to the Election Commission of India demanding immediate and strict action against them.
"National Commission for Women is appalled by the disgraceful conduct of Ms. Supriya Shrinate and Mr. H.S. Ahir, who made lewd and derogatory remarks about @KanganaTeam on social media. Such behavior is intolerable and goes against the dignity of women," said the women's body.
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