Swara Bhasker REACTS To Kangana Ranaut’s Slap Incident: ‘At Least She Is Alive’

Swara Bhasker responded to the incident involving Kangana Ranaut being slapped by a CISF personnel at the Chandigarh airport while she was en route to Delhi as a newly-elected MP. The CISF personnel involved was suspended, and an investigation is underway. Bhasker condemned the act of violence while also highlighting what she sees as irony, noting that her former co-star from ‘Tanu Weds Manu’ has justified violence on social media herself.

Speaking with Connect Cine, Swara said that whatever happened with Kangana was wrong and shouldn’t have happened. She added, “It is not right to assault anyone. What people were telling Kangana’s right-wing supporters was that they shouldn’t be speaking up about this, because they are those who justify lynching.”

She added, “Kangana just got slapped–and even that should not have happened–but at least she is alive, and has her security around. In this country, people have lost their lives, they’ve been lynched to death, shot dead on a train by security personnel, in riots, security personnel have been recorded beating up people. Jo log ye saare acts ko justify kar rahe hai, woh phir aake Kangana ke case pe hume mat sikhao“.

She also highlighted that Kangana Ranaut has frequently defended violence on social media, “The problem with the Kangana case is that she herself has used her platform to justify violence. Her past tweets resurfaced, including the one for which she was banned from Twitter, where she has almost called for a genocide… Then she had also justified Will Smit slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars, saying that if her mother or sister was abused, she would have also slapped someone,” 

For the unversed, Swara Bhasker and Kangana Ranaut co-starred in the ‘Tanu Weds Manu’ franchise and have frequently clashed on social media due to their differing beliefs.

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