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FIR Against Kangana Ranaut for Gandhi Family Remarks
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Kangana Ranaut faces FIR for social media comments about Gandhi family deaths.
In brief
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Kangana Ranaut faces FIR for social media comments about Gandhi family deaths. Bharatiya Janata Party MP Kangana Ranaut was filed an FIR for allegedly making objectionable social media posts comparing Gandhi family deaths to Sonia Gandhi's political rise. Originally reported by Scroll.
FIR filed against Kangana Ranaut
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Kangana Ranaut faces first information report in Shimla for allegedly making objectionable social media posts about the deaths of three Gandhi family members.
“The complainant alleged that Ranaut in her social media post on tuesday had juxtaposed the deaths of former prime ministers indira gandhi and rajiv gandhi, and congress leader sanjay gandhi, to the subsequent political rise of sonia gandhi”
Complaint details
The complaint claims Ranaut's posts could create misleading impressions about the political rise of Sonia Gandhi following the deaths of Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, and Sanjay Gandhi.
FIR context
The FIR was filed under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita related to promoting enmity, public mischief, and defamation after Sonia Gandhi's memoir Belonging was released.
The takeaway
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Kangana Ranaut was filed an FIR for allegedly making objectionable social media posts comparing Gandhi family deaths to Sonia Gandhi's political rise.
