New Delhi: Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut’s car was stopped in Punjab by several farmer protestors on Friday. The actress took to Instagram stories to share updates about the same. The protesters could be heard chanting slogans of ‘murdabad (down with)’ but the rest of it was unclear. Sharing the clip she wrote, “As I entered Punjab, a mob has attacked my car…They are saying they are farmers.”
In another video, she said that as soon as she reached Punjab from Himachal Pradesh, her car was surrounded by a mob. She said, “Woh khud ko kisaan keh rahe hai aur mujhpe attack kar rahe hai, gandi gaaliyaan de rahe hai, jaan se maar dene ki dhamki de rahe hai. Iss desh mein iss tarah ka mob lynching ho raha hai sare aam (They are calling themselves farmers and attacking me, abusing me and threatening to kill me. Mob lynching is taking place openly in our country).”
Calling the situation “unbelievable,” Kangana wondered what would it have been like if she lacked security with her. “Itni saari police hai phir bhi meri gaadi ko nikalne nahi diya jaa raha hai. Kya main koi politician hoon? Koi party chalati hoon (There are so many police officers here but my car is still not being allowed to leave. Am I politician? Do I run a political party)? What is this behaviour? Unbelievable!”
She stated that people were showing agitation against her owing to political reasons and there would have been open lynching if the police were not present. “Shame on these people,” she said.
Meanwhile, in another video, Kangana is seen shaking hands with one of the protestors, telling her that she studied in Punjab. “Love conquers all. Everyone warned me against talking to them but I did,” she said.
One elderly woman asked Kangana to think before she speaks. “add gall karni tan soch ke karni,” she said in Punjabi. While replying to another woman she said in Punjabi, “I did not say anything about you, I spoke about those protesting at Shaheen Bagh.”
Sharing another story for her well-wisher, she informed that she was ‘completely safe’ and is out of the ‘sticky situation.’ She also thanked the Punjab police and CRPF.
The protest comes after Kangana objected against the repeal of the three farm laws, calling it “shameful.” “Sad, shameful, absolutely unfair. If people on the streets have started to make laws and not the chosen government in the Parliament, then even this is a jihadi nation. Congratulations to all who wanted it like this,” she wrote. Reportedly, since last year, Kangana has been criticising the farmer’s protest.
