Uttar Pradesh MP/MLA Court To Hear Plea Against Actor And BJP MP Kangana Ranaut Today

The plea has been filed against the BJP MP against her controversial remarks against the farmers' protest and Mahatma Gandhi.

Agra: An MP/MLA court in Uttar Pradesh's Agra will hear a plea on Monday against Bollywood actor and BJP MP, Kangana Ranaut over her objectionable remarks against the 2020-21 farmers' protest.

The plea against Ranaut will be heard in the district's MP-MLA court on Monday afternoon. This comes after the BJP MP from Himachal Pradesh failed to appear in person during the last hearing in the case on Jan 9. At the time, the court had initially fixed the next date of hearing as Feb 8, which was later rescheduled to Feb 10.

Plaintiff and advocate Ramakant Sharma said that in today's hearing, the court may issue an order to summon Ranaut. Sharma had filed a case against Kangana Ranaut in the Special Judge MP-MLA Court of Agra on September 11 last year. He alleged that the BJP MP, in an interview on August 26, called the farmers protesting against the central government as “murderers”. Besides, objectionable language was also used against the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, Sharma said.

Senior advocate Durgvijay Singh Bhaiya said that notices were issued to the actor and BJP MP by Judge Anuj Kumar Singh of Special Court MP-MLA which were served to her addresses in Delhi and Himachal.

Despite the notices, Ranaut failed to reach the court with her lawyer also not attending the hearing.

Following her controversial interview last year, Ranaut had issued a video statement in which she had said that she had taken back her words.