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‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’: Kangana Ranaut hits back at Rahul Gandhi amid ‘smash patriarchy’ row | India News

'Bharat Mata Ki Jai': Kangana Ranaut hits back at Rahul Gandhi amid 'smash patriarchy' row
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NEW DELHI: Actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Wednesday hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi amid the controversy over his “smash the patriarchy” remark.Ranaut’s response also came after Rahul Gandhi weighed in on the row over her comments about actor Kriti Sanon’s outfit in a Raksha Bandhan advertisement, with the Lok Sabha leader of the opposition saying that “what a woman wears is her own choice.On her Instagram Stories, the Mandi MP reshared a post from the BJP’s official Instagram handle in response to Rahul Gandhi’s remarks. The post featured an image of the Congress leader asking a woman to “smash the patriarchy”, to which she replied, “Bro, wait. Bharat Mata ki jai shuru karte hain.”The exchange continues with “Rahul Gandhi” repeatedly urging the woman to “smash the patriarchy”, while she responds by raising issues such as the Women’s Reservation Bill, triple talaq, the Shah Bano case, and the fact that Karnataka, a Congress-ruled state, has no woman minister.The controversy stems from Rahul Gandhi’s remarks at his “Chhatron Ki Goonj” event in Pune on August 22. Calling women “the biggest asset of India”, he claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi experienced a “cultural shock” when some female protesters at the recent student demonstrations at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar allegedly used abusive language against the prime minister.

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Date of Publish : 26 August 2026, 9:21 am Digital Edition : News nation
‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’: Kangana Ranaut hits back at Rahul Gandhi amid ‘smash patriarchy’ row | India News

Image reshared by Kangana Ranaut NEW DELHI: Actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Wednesday hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi amid the controversy over his “smash the patriarchy” remark.Ranaut’s response also came after Rahul Gandhi weighed in on the row over her comments about actor Kriti Sanon’s outfit in a Raksha Bandhan advertisement, with the Lok Sabha leader of the opposition saying that “what a woman wears is her own choice.”On her Instagram Stories, the Mandi MP reshared a post from the BJP’s official Instagram handle in response to Rahul Gandhi’s remarks. The post featured an image of the Congress leader asking a woman to “smash the patriarchy”, to which she replied, “Bro, wait. Bharat Mata ki jai shuru karte hain.”The exchange continues with "Rahul Gandhi" repeatedly urging the woman to “smash the patriarchy”, while she responds by raising issues such as the Women’s Reservation Bill, triple talaq, the Shah Bano case, and the fact that Karnataka, a Congress-ruled state, has no woman minister.The controversy stems from Rahul Gandhi’s remarks at his “Chhatron Ki Goonj” event in Pune on August 22. Calling women “the biggest asset of India”, he claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi experienced a “cultural shock” when some female protesters at the recent student demonstrations at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar allegedly used abusive language against the prime minister.Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesPM Modi “forgave” the women but had no issue with male protesters using the same language, he added.“Our fight is against such a mindset. We do not want a country which gives all the freedom to men, while women continue to live in a controlled environment. We will work together to end the patriarchal system in India,” the Raebareli MP said at the student outreach event.

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