Union minister Smriti Irani slams actress Deepika Padukone for visiting the JNU campus in support of protesting students. Speaking at an event in Chennai on Thursday. Smriti Irani said the actor had ‘made her political affiliation known in 2011 that she supports the Congress party’.
The Union minister was referring to an old interview of the actor being shared by her critics. In which she apparently backs Rahul Gandhi for Prime Minster.
“I think that anybody who has read the news knew where you are going to stand… knew that you are standing with people who celebrate every time a CRPF jawan is killed,” Smriti Irani said.
She said “I would rather know what her political affiliation is than not know… I can’t deny her that right that she will stand next to people who will beat up other girls. Who don’t see eye-to-eye ideologically in private parts. That’s her freedom (sic)”.
Smriti Irani also added “She made her political affiliation known in 2011 that she supports the Congress party,” she said. “It’s her right to stand next to people who say Bharat tere tukde honge,”.
Smriti Irani was the first BJP leader to slam Deepika Padukone, another leader Tajinder Bagga urged the netizens to boycott her film Chhapaak. Meanwhile, Deepika‘s film Chhapaak hit the screens today on January 10.
