NEW DELHI: BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Tuesday drew a strong reaction from the opposition parties after she said that the government should bring back the repealed farm laws in the interest of farmers.
“I think the losses that farmers have faced should be compensated. It could be controversial, but I believe the losses should be compensated, and farmers themselves should demand this so that our farmers do not face setbacks,” the Mandi MP said.
“In the development of the country, farmers are our pillar of strength.So, I want them to appeal themselves that the three laws, which were objected to by only a few states, should be reconsidered keeping in mind the interests of all farmers. I fold my hands and request that these laws be reconsidered for the benefit of all farmers,” she added.
Soon after Kangana’s remarks, the opposition launched a scathing attack against BJP and said that the grand old party would never let this happen.
Sharing Kangana’s video on X, Congress said “these black laws will (never be brought back now)… no matter how hard Modi and his MPs try”.
Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate also targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and alleged that BJP is once again trying to bring back farm laws.
“More than 750 farmers were martyred. only then did the Modi government wake up and these black laws were withdrawn. Now BJP MPs are planning to bring them back. But Congress is with the farmers,” Shrinate said.
The Aam Aadmi Party also condemned Kangana’s comments, accusing BJP of deliberately using its MPs to make provocative statements and creating social tension.
AAP MP Malvinder Singh Kang said that discussing the reinstating of the “black agricultural laws is an insult to millions of farmers and the 750 martyred farmers in the country”.
He also called on Prime Minister Modi to respond and urged him to take immediate action against Kangana if he truly stands with the farmers.
This is not the first time the actor-turned politician has stoked controversy with her statements. Recently, Congress slammed Kangana and challenged her to prove her allegations levelled against Sonia Gandhi, failing which it said it would file a defamation case against her.
Kangana claimed everyone was aware that Congress-ruled state governments had hollowed out their coffers.
Attacking the Himachal Pradesh government, she alleged, “They take loans and give it to Sonia Gandhi, which has made the state’s coffers hollow.
Earlier, BJP reprimanded party MP Kangana Ranaut and distanced itself from her controversial remarks suggesting that farmers’ protests could have led to a Bangladesh-like situation in the country if the BJP’s top leadership was not strong enough.