Kangana Ranaut's new remarks on Mahatma Gandhi sparks row, ‘Dhanye hai, desh ke yeh laal…’

Aseem — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:32:38 +0000

Lok Sabha Member of Parliament Kangana Ranaut on Wednesday courted a new controversy with a social media post on Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. This comes just days after she faced backlash over her comments on the farmers’ protest.

In a series of stories on social media platform Instagram, Ranaut said, “Desh ke pita nahi, desh ke to lal hote hai. Dhanye hai Bharat ma ke ye lal (‘The country does not have fathers; it has sons. Blessed are these sons of Mother India).”

The stories were followed by a post where she credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for carrying forward Gandhi’s legacy on cleanliness in the country.

Ranaut’s stories was subjected to severe criticism from political leaders from Congress as well as the BJP.

Manoranjan Kalia, a senior BJP leader from Punjab, criticised Ranaut for her latest remarks.

“I condemn Kangana Ranaut’s comments made on Gandhi ji’s 155th birth anniversary. In her short political career, she has developed a habit of making controversial statements,” Kalia said in a video posted on social media.

“Politics is not her field. Politics is a serious affair. One must think before speaking…Her controversial remarks cause trouble for the party,” he added.

Congress leader Supriya Shrinate criticising Ranaut for her “lewd jibe” at Gandhi.

“BJP MP Kangana made this lewd jibe on Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary. Godse worshippers draw distinctions between Bapu and Shastri ji. Will Narendra Modi wholeheartedly forgive his party’s new Godse devotee? There is the Father of the Nation, there are sons, and there are martyrs. Everyone deserves respect,” Shrinate said in a post on X.

Earlier, Ranaut had to face backlash for advocating the return of the three farm laws, which were repealed in 2021.

She had said that the farmers’ agitation against the farm laws was leading to “Bangladesh-type situation in India”, claiming that “dead bodies were hanging, and rapes were taking place” at the protest sites.

BJP distanced itself from her statements. The Mandi MP later apologised for her statement and took them back. She acknowledged that she should remember she is not just an artist but also a BJP member.

Parliamentary standing committees: Rahul Gandhi in Defence, Kangana makes debut, Shashi Tharoor heads External Affairs

Aseem — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 05:59:15 +0000

The Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committees were constituted on Thursday. There are 24 Departmentally-Related Standing Committees that cover all the Ministries/ Departments of the Government of India.

According to news agency ANI, Congress members will lead four key committees, including the External Affairs. Each committee is a combination of members from both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha.

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Here’s all you need to know about the newly-formed Parliamentary Standing Committees:

1. Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi is a member of the standing committee on Defence.

2. Congress leaders will head four key panels. These include:

> Shashi Tharoor will head the External Affairs

> Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh will lead the committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports

> Former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi will lead the committee on Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Food Processing

> Odisha MP Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka will lead Rural and Panchayati Raj.

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3. BJP’s Radha Mohan Singh will head the committee on Defence.

4. BJP leader Bhartruhari Mahtab will head the committee on Finance.

5. Former Union Minister and BJP leader Anurag Thakur has been given the chairmanships of committee on Coal, Mines and Steel.

6. BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy will lead the Water Resources committee.

7. BJP member Nishikant Dubey will lead the committee on Communications and Information Technology.

8. BJP MP from Mandi Kangana Ranaut made debut as a member of the committee on communications and IT. Other members of this committee include SP leader Jaya Bachchan, SS-UBT’s Priyanka Chaturvedi, BJD’s Sushmit Patra and Congress’s KTS Tulsi from the Upper House, as well as BJP MPs Anil Baluni and Poonam Madam, and TMC’s Mahua Moitra from the Lok Sabha.

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9. Dr Radha Mohan Das Agrawal of the BJP will head the committee on Home Affairs.

10. The committee on Commerce will be headed by TMC’s Dola Sen.

11. Health and Family Welfare will be headed by Prof Ram Gopal Yadav of the Samajwadi Party.

12. Tiruchi Siva of the DMK will head the panel on Industry.

13. BJP’s CM Ramesh will head the panel on Railways, the Indian Express reported.

14. TMC’s Azad Kirti Jha will chair the Committee on Chemicals and Fertilisers.

15. DMK’s Kanimozhi Karunanidhi will head Committee on Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

16. Key BJP allies, including the TDP and Janata Dal (United), Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar’s NCP, will head one committee each. These include:

> Shiv Sena’s Shrirang Appa Chandu Barne will head the committee on Energy

> TDP’s Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy will lead Housing and Urban Affairs

> NCP’s Sunil Tatkare will lead Petroleum and Natural Gas

> JD(U)’s Sanjay Jha will be heading the committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture

A tribute event will be held on October 1, 2024, in Central Hall, Samvidhan Sadan, to honour the birth anniversary of former Lok Sabha Speaker GMC Balayogi.

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Kangana Ranaut's new remarks on Mahatma Gandhi sparks row, ‘Dhanye hai, desh ke yeh laal…’

Parliamentary standing committees: Rahul Gandhi in Defence, Kangana makes debut, Shashi Tharoor heads External Affairs

Here’s all you need to know about the newly-formed Parliamentary Standing Committees: