Supriya Shrinate Gives Poor Excuse After Disgusting Comment on Kangana Ranaut, Actress Reacts

Congress politician and former journalist Supriya Shrinate has given a poor excuse after her ‘disgusting’ comment on Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut contesting polls from Mandi. The Congress leader said that the post was made by “someone who has access” to her social media accounts. Kangana Ranaut is the candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from her hometown Mandi in Himachal Pradesh. Shrinate's Instagram had a sleazy picture of Kangana Ranaut with an objectionable comment made on the actress and her election constituency, a post which was taken down.

Supriya Shrinate's comment had several reactions on the Internet, and Kangana Ranaut has also responded to it with two separate posts on her social media.

Kangana Ranaut responds to Supriya Shrinate with two posts

Kangana Ranaut said on X, “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… 🙏 .”

For the sheer sexist nature of the remark by Supriya Shrinate and Congress supporters after her nomination for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, Kangana Ranaut said, “If a young man gets ticket his ideology is attacked if a young woman gets ticket her sexuality is attacked. Strange !! Also congress people are sexualising a small town’s name. Mandi is being used in sexual context every where, just because it has a young woman candidate, shame on congress people for displaying sexist tendencies.”

BJP Hits Back at Supriya Shrinate

BJP Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla and Union Minister Smriti Irani have reacted to Supriya Shrinate's post. Smriti Irani expressed solidarity to Kangana Ranaut, when she wrote on X, “This initiation into politics by fire @KanganaTeam is not a reflection on who you are but on what they have done & are capable of continuing to do for they can’t fathom how to deal with women of steel. March onto victory . Vijayi Bhav!”

Shehzad Poonawalla retweeted Supriya's post and asking whether Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge will now sack her. The BJP spokesperson also asked, “Where is the ”Hathras" lobby now?" Shehzad Poonawalla said on X as a reaction to Supriya Shrinate's post on Kangana Ranaut: "This is beyond disgusting. The comments by @SupriyaShrinate on @KanganaTeam are despicable ! Should be immediately sacked..Will @priyankagandhi speak up? Will Kharge ji sack her! Where is the “Hathras” lobby now? First they justified Sandeshkhali, then Lal Singh getting a ticket from Congress and now this.”

Supriya Shrinate's excuse on Kangana remark

Upon realising her folly, Supriya Shrinate has come out with a poor excuse for her remark on Kangana Ranaut. “Someone who had access to my meta accounts ( FB and Insta) posted an absolutely disgusting and objectionable post, which has been taken down. 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.”

After Supriya Shrinate's 'excuse', the BJP's Shehzad Poonawalla asked, “If so why doesn’t she file an FIR? The post violates IPC & IT Act.”