BJP candidate actor Kangana Ranaut during a roadshow ahead of Lok Sabha elections, in Mandi.
Credit: PTI Photo
Kangana Ranaut, on Monday, clarified on her X platform that she neither consumes beef nor any other kind of red meat.
BJP's Lok Sabha candidate from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi lashed out at 'completely baseless rumours' dubbing them 'shameful'.
"I have been advocating and promoting yogic and Ayurvedic way of life for decades now such tactics won’t work to tarnish my image," the actor-turned-politician said.
She continued that her people knew her to be a 'proud Hindu' and nothing could ever mislead them. Ranaut signed off with 'Jai Shri Ram'.
A row had erupted a few days back when Congress's Vijay Wadettiwar claimed the actor had earlier written on X that she liked and ate beef, and the BJP had now given her a ticket for the general elections.
Reacting to this, Shaina NC of BJP said "Vijay Wadettiwar is the leader of the Congress party in Maharashtra who is so defunct of ideology that he has the audacity to say that Kangana Ranaut was given a ticket because she is a beef eater. This is not the first time the Congress has made such ludicrous comments."
Ranaut had earlier been targeted by the grand old party as well, with a distasteful post about the Mandi candidate going out from Supriya Shrinate's social media profile, which caused much outrage among saffron party members.