Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate’s alleged derogatory remarks in Social Media, against actor and Mandi Lok Sabha BJP candidate Kangana Ranaut creating political uproar. In a post on Instagram, Shrinate posted an image of the BJP leader and wrote an objectionable caption in Hindi.
However, she later claimed that “someone” who had access to her meta accounts made the post which has been taken down. Sharing the screengrab of the Instagram post, Kangana retorted to the Congress leader’s post and said that she has portrayed various characters on screen as an actor, but people should “refrain from using sex workers’ challenging lives as some kind of abuse”.
Shrinate made the post on Instagram, and later took it down claiming that it was made by “someone” having access to her accounts. “Someone who had access to my meta accounts ( FB and Insta) posted an absolutely disgusting and objectionable post, which has been taken down”, she said.
“Anyone who knows me will know I would never say that for a woman. However a parody account that I have just discovered misusing my name is being run on Twitter ( @Supriyaparody ) which started the whole mischief, and is being reported,” she posted on X.
Hitting back at the Congress leader, Ranaut, who was announced as the BJP candidate from Mandi for the Lok Sabha polls in the fifth list released on Sunday, said, “Dear Supriya ji, In the last 20 years of my career as an artist I have played all kinds of women. From a naive girl in Queen to a seductive spy in Dhaakad, from a goddess in Manikarnika to a demon in Chandramukhi, from a prostitute in Rajjo to a revolutionary leader in Thalaivii”.
“We must free our daughters from the shackles of prejudices, we must rise above the curiosity about their body parts and above all we must refrain from using sex workers’ challenging lives or circumstances as some kind of abuse or slur… every woman deserves her dignity…”, she added.
The National Commission for Women (NCW) demanded strict action against Congress leaders Supriya Shrinate and HS Ahir from the Election Commission in a letter on Monday. Ahir, state joint coordinator of Kisan Congress, also made derogatory remarks against her. The NCW said its chairperson Rekha Sharma has written to the Election Commission demanding action against Shrinate and Ahir.
