Kangana Ranaut, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from the Himachal Pradesh Mandi Lok Sabha seat, mistook her own party leader Tejasvi Surya for Opposition Leader Tejashwi Yadav while addressing an election rally on Saturday.
Tejasvi Surya is a BJP candidate from Bangalore South, while Tejashwi Yadav is a former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).)
While attacking some opposition leaders, Ranaut accused Tejasvi Surya – a BJP leader from Karnataka – of 'hooliganism' and 'eating fish'. However, it was Tejashwi Yadav who was criticized for “eating fish on Navrati night”. video posted by Tejashwi Yadav on April 9, he was seen eating fried fish after a “hectic” campaign for the Lok Sabha polls.
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Launching an attack on opposition leaders including Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav, Kangana Ranaut said, “There is a group of spoiled princes,” be it Rahul Gandhi who wants to grow potatoes on the moon or Tejasvi Surya who indulges in hooliganism and eat fish…or it is Akhilesh Yadav who talks funny….”
“Those who do not understand the language of this country and those who do not understand its culture, how can they run this country,” Ranaut said while attacking the Congress and its leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi. News agency IANS posted a video of her speech on Saturday.
Watch the video here:
Kangana Ranaut vs Vikramaditya Singh
Kangana Ranaut is a BJP nominee from Mandi. She is pitted against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister and Congress candidate Vikramaditya Singh.
Singh recently challenged Kangana Ranaut for an open debate on their vision for the constituency. He alleged that Kangana has no knowledge about the history and geography of the state, news agency PTI reported.
Meanwhile, Kangana, while earlier addressing a rally at Nankhari area in Mandi constituency, confronted Singh and said that if former chief minister Virbhadra Singh was alive today, he would have scolded Vikramaditya Singh for making 'irreverent statements' against had done to her and asked him to apologize to her.
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Published: May 4, 2024 6:21 PM IST