NEW DELHI: The Himachal Pradesh Congress on Monday threatened to file a defamation suit against BJP MP Kangana Ranaut over her remarks that its government in the state had diverted funds meant for development to Sonia Gandhi .
"I openly challenge BJP MP Kangana Ranaut to show proof of even Re 1 being diverted to Sonia Gandi or apologise to the Congress leader for making such baseless and unwarranted allegations against her. Otherwise, the Congress will file a defamation case against her," Himachal Pradesh minister Vikramaditya Singh said.
Kangana had on Sunday said, "The Himachal Pradesh government takes loans and gives it to Sonia Gandhi, which has made the state's coffers hollow." "If we (Centre) give disaster funds, it goes to the CM Relief Fund but everyone knows that it goes to the Sonia relief fund from there," she had said during a BJP programme in Manali.
Reacting strongly to the BJP MP's remarks, the Congress minister said Kangana's "foolish statement" reflected her "intellectual bankruptcy". "There cannot be a bigger foolish statement than saying that funds coming from the Centre or the state's funds for development are being given to Sonia Gandhi," Vikramaditya Singh said.
"It hurts to say that she is not much educated and the same reflects in her statements. We all know that funds from the Centre and state development funds are spent through line of credit, draft and overdraft facilities," he added.
The Congress leader also took a dig at Ranaut and attributed her "baseless remarks" to the fact that her film " Emergency " has still not been cleared for release by the Central Board of Film Certification. "The BJP MP does not visit Himachal Pradesh often but, with her film being "blocked" by the censor board, maybe she is saddened and making baseless statements from her home in Manali," he said.
This is not the first time that Kangana has stoked a controversy with her remarks. In August, Kangana Ranaut was reprimanded by her party over her controversial remarks that were rapes and murders during the farmers protest and suggesting that it could have led to a Bangladesh-like situation in the country if the BJP's top leadership was not strong enough.
The BJP released a statement disowning Kangana's remarks. “The statement made by BJP MP Kangana Ranaut in the context of the farmers' movement is not the opinion of the party. The Bharatiya Janata Party expresses its disagreement with the statement made by Kangana Ranaut. She is neither permitted nor authorised to make statements on party's policy. She has been directed not to make such statement in future," the party had then said.
(With inputs from agencies)
"I openly challenge BJP MP Kangana Ranaut to show proof of even Re 1 being diverted to Sonia Gandi or apologise to the Congress leader for making such baseless and unwarranted allegations against her. Otherwise, the Congress will file a defamation case against her," Himachal Pradesh minister Vikramaditya Singh said.
Kangana had on Sunday said, "The Himachal Pradesh government takes loans and gives it to Sonia Gandhi, which has made the state's coffers hollow." "If we (Centre) give disaster funds, it goes to the CM Relief Fund but everyone knows that it goes to the Sonia relief fund from there," she had said during a BJP programme in Manali.
Reacting strongly to the BJP MP's remarks, the Congress minister said Kangana's "foolish statement" reflected her "intellectual bankruptcy". "There cannot be a bigger foolish statement than saying that funds coming from the Centre or the state's funds for development are being given to Sonia Gandhi," Vikramaditya Singh said.
"It hurts to say that she is not much educated and the same reflects in her statements. We all know that funds from the Centre and state development funds are spent through line of credit, draft and overdraft facilities," he added.
The Congress leader also took a dig at Ranaut and attributed her "baseless remarks" to the fact that her film " Emergency " has still not been cleared for release by the Central Board of Film Certification. "The BJP MP does not visit Himachal Pradesh often but, with her film being "blocked" by the censor board, maybe she is saddened and making baseless statements from her home in Manali," he said.
This is not the first time that Kangana has stoked a controversy with her remarks. In August, Kangana Ranaut was reprimanded by her party over her controversial remarks that were rapes and murders during the farmers protest and suggesting that it could have led to a Bangladesh-like situation in the country if the BJP's top leadership was not strong enough.
The BJP released a statement disowning Kangana's remarks. “The statement made by BJP MP Kangana Ranaut in the context of the farmers' movement is not the opinion of the party. The Bharatiya Janata Party expresses its disagreement with the statement made by Kangana Ranaut. She is neither permitted nor authorised to make statements on party's policy. She has been directed not to make such statement in future," the party had then said.
(With inputs from agencies)
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