Ambala: Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut, known for her combative comments, is now facing the heat of the agitating farmers for her alleged derogatory tweets. Agitating farmers, especially women, said that Kangana should not have passed such comments and challenged her to come and sit with them.
Earlier this week, Ranaut misidentified a woman farmer from Punjab as Bilkis Bano, the octogenarian who made international headlines during the anti-CAA protests. Kangana had said that 'Shaheen Bagh Dadi' is available in 100 rupees.
One of the protesting farmers, Harinder Kaur, said, "We will give Rs 2000 to Kangana and we challenge her to come and sit with us in this cold weather. She will know what we are facing."
"How can she say that women protesting here have come here for Rs 100? Many women, leaving their houses and children, are camped here to protest against the laws," Kaur said.
Other women, Jayvinder and Narendra Kaur said that being a woman, Kangana should not have made such remarks about Bilkis Bano.
"Why would we come here just for Rs 100? We have everything. We have come here to fight for our rights," they said.
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The actress was also engaged in a bitter war of words with actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh over the matter.
On the other hand, the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) has sent a legal notice to actor Kangana Ranaut, seeking an unconditional apology for her "derogatory" tweets against farmers.
Thousands of farmers have gathered at Delhi's gateways to demand a repeal of the Centre's three new farm laws. The protesting farmers, mainly from Punjab and Haryana as well as Uttar Pradesh, are worried the new laws will eliminate the safety cushion of a Minimum Support Price and procurement system while rendering ineffective the mandi system that ensures earnings for various stakeholders in the farm sector.
The government has been in talks with farmer leaders to resolve the issue.
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With PTI inputs
