SGPC demands Kangana Ranaut’s arrest

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Tribune News Service

Amritsar, November 22

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has demanded immediate arrest of actor Kangana Ranaut for her “anti-Sikh remarks”. This comes a day after veteran BJP leader Laxmi Kanta Chawla said the actress had “lost her mental equilibrium”.

SGPC president Bibi Jagir Kaur demanded that the actress be arrested immediately and a case registered against her for hurting the religious sentiments of the Sikh community. She said a team of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee was in Mumbai to initiate legal action against the actor and the SGPC stood by it.

Condemning Kangana’s remarks, the SGPC president said the actor had been deliberately posting objectionable posts against the community, which could have serious ramifications. She said Kangana had condemned the repeal of three laws on farming, calling Sikhs “terrorists” and praising the action of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984 in her social posts. She said Kangana might not have read the Sikh history of the sacrifices made for the freedom of the country.

In a statement issued here on Sunday, Chawla had asked the Narendra Modi government to ascertain the “mental state and intellectual level of a person before awarding Padma Shri”.

Condemning Kangana’s statement that India got its “real freedom” seven years ago, while the Independence in 1947 was given in a “begging bowl”, the BJP veteran leader said the actor had forgot that the Prime Minister along with the entire country was celebrating the 75th year of Independence as “Amrit Mahotsav”. She said Kangana had lost her mental equilibrium after receiving a red carpet reception at the Raj Bhavan in Maharashtra and Himachal Pradesh.

‘Actor has lost mental balance’

Veteran BJP leader Laxmi Kanta Chawla on Sunday said the actress has “lost her mental equilibrium”

DSGMC files plaint with Mumbai Police

• The DSGMC on Monday submitted a complaint in Mumbai seeking an FIR against Kangana
• A Khar police station official said they were looking into the matter
• The police official said the delegation led by chief Manjinder Singh Sirsa submitted the complaint seeking an FIR under Section 295A (outraging religious feelings) and other appropriate sections of the IPC
• The DSGMC delegation also met Additional Commissioner of Police (west) Sandip Karnik. PTI