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Years after the farmer protest in 2020, a remark of a Congress leader over the actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut’s statement during the protest has sparked a row. Former Tamil Nadu Congress leader, KS Alagiri, in a controversial remark on Kangana Ranaut, said that she ‘should be slapped’ if she visits the southern state.

Alagiri’s statement came after farmers recalled the actress’s outrageous remark on women who were participating in the 2020 Agriculture protest.

During the peak of the nationwide protests against the three farm laws, BJP MP Kangana Ranaut sparked controversy with a social media post claiming an elderly woman protesting was paid Rs 100 to be there. The post drew widespread criticism, prompting Ranaut to delete it.

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Talking about his meeting with farmers, Alagiri said that he asked farmers to slap her if she came to Tamil Nadu after farmers told him about the actress’s 2020 remark.

"Yesterday, 10-15 agriculturists came to me and reported that Kangana Ranaut once told the press that agricultural women that they are working in the feeble lands... One of the reporters asked her that even though those women are working in the fields, they are very prompt and brave, and capable of achieving anything... She (Kangana Ranaut) immediately replied that if given Rs 100, they can come anywhere... I was shocked. Why is this lady, a sitting MP, criticising agricultural ladies? They come from rural India," Mr Alagiri said on Thursday.

He further said that he asked farmers if Ranaut visited ‘their area’, farmers should slap her the way a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) constable slapped her at Chandigarh Airport last year.

"A few months ago, when this lady (Ms Ranaut) went to an airport, a lady police officer slapped her. The police officer said that 'wherever she goes, she abuses everyone and her words are very ugly'. I told the agricultural workers that if she comes to our area, they should do the same thing as the police officer at the airport. Only then will she rectify her mistake," Mr Alagiri said.

Kangana Reacts To Congress Leader’s ‘Slap’ Remark

Responding to Alagiri’s remark, Kangana Ranaut said that she can go wherever she wants across India and that people from Tamil Nadu love her. "No one can stop anyone. If there are people who hate me, there are more people who love me," she told reporters in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu.

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She further said that she received a positive response from Tamil Nadu after playing the role of the state’s former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in 'Thalaivii'. Actress revealed that Tamil Nadu’s opposition MPs lauded her by calling her ‘thalaivii'.