Diljit Dosanjh, Kangana Ranaut wage war on Twitter over farmers’ protest

The famers’ protest against the three laws passed by Parliament doesn’t seem to show any sign of de-escalating anytime soon. The agitation has also created a rift between Hindi film actors Kangana Ranaut and Diljit Dosanjh. 

It all started when Ranaut alleged in a tweet that an elderly women present in the protest was Bilkis Bano, a major figure in the Shaheen Bagh protests against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), and that she has joined the farmers’ movement in exchange for a paltry Rs100. The tweet, which raised a lot of eyebrows, was deleted later. 

In order to prove the actress wrong, Dosanjh shared the interview of the woman in question, Mahender Kaur, and tagged Ranaut. He wrote in Punjabi, “Respected Mahinder Kaur ji. Listen to this proof, Kangana Ranaut. One should not be this blind. She keeps saying anything.”

Ranaut responded by dismissing the actor as filmmaker Karan Johar’s pet. “Hey Karan Johar’s pet. I spotted the old lady Bilkis Bano who was protesting for the citizenship at farmers’ protest also. I don’t even know Mahinder Kaur ji. What are you people up to? Stop this right now,” she wrote. 

She then responded to her own tweet, saying, “Listen vultures, don’t consider my silence weakness. I am witnessing how you are instigating honest people through your lies and manipulating them. When, just like Shaheen Bagh, the real face of these protests is exposed, I will write a great speech and blacken your face,” she said and signed off, referring to herself as a wild tigress.

Ranaut, while replying to a tweet, also alleged that the farmers had brought another woman into the picture to spread lies. She said, “I had only commented on Shaheen Baag dadi [granny] because they instigated riots there. Even that tweet was deleted almost immediately. I don’t know from where they brought another elderly lady into the picture and are now endlessly spreading lies. Vultures trying to instigate the mob against a woman.”

Following this, the Twitter war between Dosanjh and Ranaut was reignited, with accusations and counter-accusations being bandied about. Dosanjh took exception to the actress' usage of the word paaltu (pet), asking her if she was the pet of all the people she had worked with. "This is not Bollywood, this is Punjab," he warned her.

The actress shot back, referring to the actor as a lickspittle. She claimed that she was referring to the Shaheen Bagh protester and nobody else. The actress further said that she would apologise if proven wrong. 

Dosanjh went on the offensive again, telling the actress, "You have no sense how to speak to someone’s mother or sister. You are a woman yourself and are calling another one would work for Rs 100. Our mothers of Punjab are like God to us."