Kangana Ranaut vs Shiv Sena LIVE Updates: Actor reaches Chandigarh, en-route to Manali

In the latest development, sources have informed Republic TV that actor Kangana Ranaut has sought Rs 2 crore worth damages suffered due to the 'illegal demolition' of her office from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). 

Kangana Ranaut's Manikarnika Films office at Pali Hill, Bandra, was partially demolished by the BMC on September 9, even as the actor was enroute Mumbai from her hometown via Chandigarh. 

Kangana Ranaut has filed an amended petition before the Bombay High Court, seeking the damages to be paid by BMC following the unlawful demolition of a part of her office. 

Shiv Sena has continued to target Kangana Ranaut amid their face-off involving controversial statements and actions, this despite the actor now having left Mumbai. In the latest, the party’s Member of Legislative Assembly Pratap Sarnaik used the ‘dog’s tail remains crooked’ proverb for the actor. The politician added that the Tanu Weds Manu star had blackened the faces of all those who had supported her as she left Mumbai.

"As soon as I landed in Chandigarh, my security is for name purposes only, people are happily greeting me, it seems I have survived this time. There was a time when I saw Mumbai as my mother's protective lap, today I just feel grateful that I survived the city. As soon as the Shiv Sena turned into Sonia Army, only terrorism in the administration prevails," she said. 

After leaving Mumbai on Monday morning, actor Kangana Ranaut landed in Chandigarh. The actress is currently en route to Manali.

Kangana Ranaut on Monday left her residence for Mumbai Airport from where she will head to her hometown in Himachal Pradesh. After 6 says in Mumbai, the actor left for Manali with CRPF protection.

Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday dismissed speculations that the ruling NDA in Bihar may rope in Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut as one of its star campaigners for the upcoming assembly elections in the state. Fadnavis also took potshots at Uddhav Thackeray, who has succeeded him as Maharashtra chief minister, saying that the Shiv Sena chief seemed to be "more interested in fighting Kangana than battling corona".

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Kangana Ranaut on Sunday took to her Twitter handle and wrote that she explained her point of view to Maharashtra Governor Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari. She said, "I met Governor Koshyari & told him about the unjust treatment I've received. I hope justice will be given to me so that the faith of all citizens including young girls, is restored in the system. I am fortunate that the Governor listened to me like a daughter."

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A short while ago I met His Excellency the Governor of Maharashtra Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari Ji. I explained my point of view to him and also requested that justice be given to me it will restore faith of common citizen and particularly daughters in the system. pic.twitter.com/oCNByhvNOT

— Kangana Ranaut (@KanganaTeam)

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Sunday took to his Twitter handle to share some pictures from his meeting with Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut.

राष्ट्रीय फ़िल्म पुरस्कृत अभिनेत्री व फ़िल्म निर्माता @KanganaTeam ने मुलाक़ात की । pic.twitter.com/3nJeARIV5H

— Bhagat Singh Koshyari (@BSKoshyari)

Kangana Ranaut in her meeting with Maharashtra Governor said that she is feeling unsafe. She said, 'Mumbai is my Karmabhoomi and I can't be thrown out. Will continue to raise my voice even though I am being threatened.' She said that the Governor heard her like his daughter and hopes she will get justice in her fight against Shiv Sena and BMC.

Kangana Ranaut along with sister Rangoli Chandel meets Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Sunday amid tiff with Shiv Sena and BMC. 

Kangana Ranaut has reached Maharashtra Governor's residence and the meeting to discuss her office demolition by BMC is underway at Raj Bhawan.

At 4.10 PM on Sunday, Kangana Ranaut reached Raj Bhawan to meet Maharashtra Governor. Sources suggest that Kangana will raise the office demolition issue with Governor, and likely to speak on Sena leaders' threats.

CM Uddhav Thackeray spoke about COVID, launched a new 'my family, my responsibility' campaign, addressed issues like farm-loan waivers, Maratha quota and floods, but didn't speak about other key factors such as the BMC's actions on Kangana's office, his party's attack on the actor and the Mumbai Police's involvement in the Sushant death probe. He had, however, started his speech by talking about how there was an attempt to defame the state and to not construe his silence as a weakness.

Amid a faceoff with actor Kangana Raut and facing severe flak for the course of investigation in the SSR probe, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will address the state via video conference at 1 pm on Sunday, a statement from CMO said. The reason for holding a news conference is not known. However, the decision comes at a time when the Coronavirus cases in the state have crossed the 1 million mark and he is also facing enormous criticism over the actions of administrative bodies and the political party under his aegis. 

It also remains to be seen whether the Chief Minister will break silence on the assault of the retired navy officer Madan Sharma. 

The Chief Minister is also tight-lipped on the Kangana Ranaut vs Shiv Sena spat which escalated after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation razed a portion of the actor’s Mumbai office, alleging that it was built illegally. 

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Addressing the state on Sunday, CM Uddhav said that his silence must not be mistaken for a sign of weakness

Kangana Ranaut will meet Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Sunday after Shiv Sena-led BMC partially demolished her property at Pali Hill, Mumbai. Kangana will meet him at 4.30 PM on Sunday.

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In the latest development, a complaint has been filed against actor Kangana Ranaut in Pune for speaking against CM Uddhav Thackeray, making it the third complaint against her. Two complaints were made against Kangana earler.   

In the latest development, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar has distanced his party from the Shiv Sena's antics against Kangana Ranaut. The MVA leader opined on BMC's 'hasty conduct' and said that it had the demolition of Kangana's office had nothing to do with the government. 

In the latest development, sources have informed Republic TV that RPI chief Ramdas Athawale will meet Maharashtra Governor Koshiyari on Friday and is expected to discuss BMC's act of demolishing a portion of Kangana's office, 

In the latest development, sources have informed Republic TV that the Mumbai Police will interrogate drug links against Kangana Ranaut after the Maharashtra government ordered a probe into the matter.  The Mumbai Police will probe allegations that Kangana indulged in the intake of drugs. 

Speaking to the reporters earlier, Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said, “Adhyayan Suman, who was in a relationship with Ranaut earlier, had in an interview in 2016 claimed she consumed drugs and even forced him to take it."

Kangana Ranaut's mother Asha Ranaut addressed the media on Thursday and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for providing security detail to her daughter. She conveyed her wholehearted gratitude for the BJP Government's support in protecting her daughter as she spoke about unimaginable circumstances had Kangana not been provided with security by the Centre. Y-grade security has been extended to Kangana on Monday following the concern and request of the Himachal Pradesh Government against the backdrop of the recent verbal threats that the actor had received from the Maharashtra government and Shiv Sena. 

Urging to take the issue of actor Kangana Ranaut's "harassment" with appropriate authorities, the Himachal Pradesh Commission for Women on Thursday wrote to the national women's panel. The Shiv Sena-ruled BMC on Wednesday pulled down "most of" the alleged illegal alterations at the Bandra office of Kangana Ranaut by the time the Bombay High Court ordered a stay on the process.

"As this is a well-known fact that Kangana Ranaut hails from Himachal Pradesh, this commission intends to take up the issue with your office for taking up the matter with appropriate authorities, the Himachal panel said.

Speaking to the media on Thursday, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale divulged details about his hour-long meeting with actor Kangana Ranaut amid her tussle with Shiv Sena. He assured her that she had every right to live in Mumbai and conveyed that the RPI(A) will continue to support her. Agreeing that the BMC has acted in an unjust manner, he opined that the demolition notice should have been given to the Manikarnika actor after her arrival in Mumbai.

Ramdas Athawale remarked, "Today, I met film actress Kangana Ranaut for one hour today. During our discussion, I told her that you have nothing to fear in Mumbai. Mumbai belongs to Shiv Sena RPI, BJP, Congress, NCP and people from all castes, religions and languages. Mumbai is the country’s financial capital. Everyone has the right to stay here. She said that I am a Mumbaikar. I told her that RPI will always be with her."

Kangana Ranaut visited the office of her production house Manikarnika films on Thursday after BMCdemolished a portion of her office on Wednesday while the actor was en route Mumbai from her hometown in Manali via Chandigarh. She took to her Twitter handle and reminisced the day she had conducted the inauguration ceremony for her office and said that she hasn't worked since then as COVID hit and the nation went into lockdown soon after. Kangana went onto reveal that she intends to keep the office "ravaged" as she cannot afford to renovate it. She said that she considers the ruins as a symbol of a woman's will.

The Kangana Ranaut versus Shiv Sena face-off continues as support pours in for the Queen actor BMC's brazen act of demolishing a portion of her Manikarnika Films office at Pali hill in Banda Wednesday. The Shiv Sena-led BMC's 'hasty conduct' has come under sharp criticism of many including MVA ally & NCP supremo Sharad Pawar. The Bombay High Court, on Wednesday, stayed the demolition of Kangana's office and directed the BMC to respond by September 18. 

Bombay HC adjourns matter

The Bombay High Court, on Thursday, adjourned its hearing till September 22 in the petition filed by Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut's against the demolition of her property by the BMC. The HC has directed that the interim stay on the demolition, enforced on Wednesday, shall continue till the next hearing. The bench comprising of Justices SJ Kathawalla and RI Chagla has directed Kangana Ranaut to file her amended petition by September 14 and has asked the BMC to file a response by September 18. 

BMC demolishes part of Kangana Ranaut's office

On Tuesday, the BMC issued a 'stop work notice' to Kangana Ranaut under section 354(A) of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act and has told the Bollywood actor to produce permission within 24 hours. However, BMC officials on Wednesday pasted a new notice at her office stating that the structure will be demolished. They then broke the lock of the premises and partially demolished parts of the building before Ranaut's lawyer moved the HC, which gave her interim relief from the demolition process.  Meanwhile, sources report that the BMC has moved a civil court seeking permission to break down actress Kangana Ranaut's residence at Khar.