‘Kangana Ranaut only got slapped, people in this country are actually dying’: Swara Bhasker says Queen actor has ‘used her platform to justify violence’

Kangana Ranaut was slapped by a CISF constable at the Chandigarh airport, reportedly due to the actor’s comments about the farmers’ protests.

By: Entertainment Desk

Mumbai | Updated: June 15, 2024 07:10 PM IST

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Swara Bhasker talks about Kangana Ranaut slap incident. (Photo: Swara Bhasker, Kangana Ranaut/Instagram)

Actor Swara Bhasker said that resorting to violence is indefensible, and should not happen. But she couldn’t help but point out the glaring irony in actor-BJP MP Kangana Ranaut being slapped by a CISF constable after having previously having used her social media platforms to justify violence herself. Kangana was slapped by a CISF constable at Chandigarh airport recently, reportedly due to her incendiary past comments about the farmers’ protests. In an interview with Connect Cine, Swara was asked about her take on the incident, and especially Kangana’s subsequent comments about not having received support from the film industry.

“Anybody who is a reasonable person will say that whatever happened with Kangana was wrong,” Swara Bhasker said as she spoke about the incident, which happened on June 6. “There is nobody who will justify the violence or an act of assault which Kangana suffered. So yes, what happened with her was wrong and shouldn’t have happened. It is not right to assault anyone. What people were telling Kangana’s right-wing supporters was that they shouldn’t be speaking up about this, because they are those who justify lynching.

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“Kangana just got slapped–and even that should not have happened–but at least she is alive, and has her security around. In this country, people have lost their lives, they’ve been lynched to death, shot dead in a train by a security personnel, in riots, security personnel have been recorded beating up people. Jo log ye saare acts ko justify kar rahe hai, woh phir aake Kangana ke case pe hume mat sikhao.”

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Swara, who has worked with Kangana in Tanu Weds Manu and its sequel, Tanu Weds Manu Returns, called her former co-star out for allegedly inciting violence and calling for an “almost genocide.” Swara said people had been digging out her old tweets, where she had defended Will Smith for slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars.

“The problem with the Kangana case is that she herself has used her platform to justify violence. Her past tweets resurfaced, including the one for which she was banned from Twitter, where she has almost called for a genocide… Then she had also justified Will Smit slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars, saying that if her mother or sister was abused, she would have also slapped someone. So now what do you say? What happened to her wasn’t right, and the one who did that has already been suspended and punished. So there, justice has been served, but those who have been killed in the last ten years in the country, the perpetrators are roaming free,” she added.

After the incident, the film star had lashed out at those who had made snide remarks about the incident. Kangana had said that those cheering against her must introspect about their own “psychological criminal tendencies.” Based on a complaint lodged by the CISF, the Mohali police had registered an FIR against CISF constable Kulwinder Kaur under Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 341 (wrongful restraint) of the Indian Penal Code.

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