Recently Bollywood actress and now-turned BJP MP from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, Kangana Ranaut was slapped by a CISF constable at Chandigarh International Airport. Many film celebrities shared their thoughts about the incident and a new one to add to the list is Swara Bhasker. Both actresses are known to be vocal about their thoughts and now Swara pointed out the irony of Kangana herself justifying the violence on social media. In a recent interview with Connect Cine, Swara was asked to share her views on the incident and Kangana’s comment about not having received support.
She said, “Anybody who is a reasonable person will say that whatever happened with Kangana was wrong. 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. 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.”
Sh further added, “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.”
