Chandigarh:

Kulwinder Kaur, the safety officer who allegedly slapped new BJP Lok Sabha MP Kangana Ranaut at Chandigarh airport, mentioned she had been triggered by an outdated comment by the actor in regards to the farmers protest. “She gave a press release… that farmers are sitting there for Rs 100. Will she go and sit there? My mom was sitting there and protesting when she gave this assertion…”

Ms Kaur – who reportedly comes from a household of farmers – has been suspended and faces a police case. She mentioned she had reacted to Kangana Ranaut – who received Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi seat and was going to Delhi – of “disrespecting farmers”. 

After reaching Delhi Ms Ranaut raged about “terrorism rising in Punjab”.

“The incident occurred on the safety check-in. The girl guard waited for me to cross. She then got here and hit me… began throwing expletives. I requested (her) why she hit me. She mentioned, ‘I help farmers’. I’m protected… however my concern is terrorism is rising in Punjab. How will we deal with that?” she mentioned in her message.

Surprising rise in terror and violence in Punjab…. pic.twitter.com/7aefpp4blQ

— Kangana Ranaut (Modi Ka Parivar) (@KanganaTeam) June 6, 2024

Cell footage that rapidly went viral confirmed Ms Ranaut being escorted to a check-in counter and, when she reaches it, a verbal spat breaks out. The video doesn’t present Ms Ranaut being slapped.

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Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini mentioned an inquiry is underway. “… motion shall be taken in opposition to the accused. It’s unhappy an individual concerned in safety is concerned on this. No matter occurred was mistaken…”

Ms Kaur, a Constable within the Central Industrial Safety Power, or CISF, was referring to a crude and broadly criticised jibe Ms Ranaut posted on X (then Twitter) in 2020 through the peak of a nationwide protest by farmers in opposition to three farm legal guidelines handed, underneath contentious circumstances, by the centre.

In a social media put up Ms Ranaut had tweeted about an aged lady seen at one of many protests and mentioned she was “accessible for Rs 100”. She was compelled to delete the tweet after public outrage.

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Ms Ranaut additionally made headlines in February 2021 after worldwide pop star Rihanna appeared to criticise the BJP authorities over the farmers’ protest and mentioned, “Why aren’t we speaking about this?”

To this, Ms Ranaut had responded, “Nobody is speaking about it as a result of they don’t seem to be farmers, they’re terrorists who’re attempting to divide India, in order that China can take over our susceptible damaged nation and make it a Chinese language colony very similar to the USA… Sit down you idiot, we aren’t promoting our nation such as you dummies.”

Ms Kangana later deleted that put up too.

The farmers’ protest that erupted in 2020/21 – and has rumbled on since, probably costing the BJP key seats within the 2024 Lok Sabha election – made headlines each within the nation and overseas.

Ms Ranaut has had a number of run-ins with the protesting farmers; other than the 2020 and 2021 tweets, her convoy was blocked by agitators whereas she was attempting to marketing campaign in Chandigarh.

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