In a video message posted on her Twitter handle, Kangana Ranaut said now she understood how Kashmiri Pandits would have felt and she would make a film on them as well. (Source: Twitter/Screengrab/@teamkanganaranaut)Kangana Ranaut Live News Updates: Launching a fresh salvo against Maharashtra government, Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut Wednesday warned Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray that his “ego will be destroyed” just as he broke her house. The Bombay High Court asked the BMC to stop the demolition at Kangana Ranaut’s office and asked the civic body to respond to her petition. The matter will now be taken up at 3 pm tomorrow.
Ranaut had approached the court after the challenging the notice issued by the Mumbai civic body for ‘illegal construction’ at her office and had sought a stay on the demolition process. Sharing pictures of BMC officials demolishing parts of her Pali Hill office, Ranaut repeated her “my Mumbai is PoK now” remark. Her other tweet read, “Pakistan.”
The civic team had served her notice over alleged illegal structures at her office. It had also rejected the actor’s plea seeking extra time to furnish documents to prove the legality of the constructions undertaken on the premises. A fresh notice pasted outside the actor’s office today said that the civic body was not satisfied with the actor’s response and that the demolition will be carried out at her risk, cost, and consequences. “It has been noted that after receipt of the notice you have not stopped continuing the work. Under these circumstances, your request for a maximum seven days to respond to and duly addressed is rejected herewith.”
The development comes in the wake of spat between Ranaut and Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut after the actress had earlier compared Mumbai to Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK).
Bulldozer outside Kangana Ranaut's Mumbai office
Kangana Ranaut's lawyer Rizwan Siddiqui on Wednesday alleged that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), which demolished part of her Bandra bungalow earlier in the day, was lying about illegal construction there.
Siddiqui said, "The BMC is lying. It's lying on record (about illegal construction at the bungalow). They said they have given stop-work notice. But such notice is given when the construction process is underway."
"There is no construction going on at the place. It was over about one-and-a-half years ago," he added.
Siddiqui said that even as the BMC officials were told that they have moved the Bombay High Court against the demolition, the civic authorities did not stop the process. "They rejected our reply at 10.19 am. Immediately, we moved the court (HC) and served the copies (of the plea) to BMC office as well the official present on the spot," the lawyer said.
"I also told them that the matter is in the court. Despite that they didn't stop the demolition. The work stopped only after the HC gave a stay on it," he added. (PTI)
Launching a fresh salvo against Maharashtra government, Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut Wednesday warned Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray that his "ego will be destroyed" just as he broke her house. In a video message posted on her Twitter handle, Ranaut said now she understood how Kashmiri Pandits would have felt and she would make a film on them as well.
Bollywood actor Kangana Ranau landed here from her home state Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday amid protests by Shiv Sena workers at the airport over he remarks on Mumbai police. Kangana, who flew from Chandigarh by a scheduled commercial flight, landed at Mumbai around 2.30 pm.
Sena workers with black flags were seen outside the airport, shouting slogans against her.
Workers of the RPI (A) and Karni Sena had also gathered in support of the actor. RPI (A) leader and Union minister Ramdas Athawale had declared that his party worker will protect Kangana while she is in Mumbai.
Undue importance is being attached to the statements made by Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said on Wednesday without naming her, PTI reported.
"We are giving undue importance to those making such statements. We will have to see what influence such statements have on the people at large," Pawar said. "In my opinion, people do not take seriously (such statements)," he added.
Pawar said the people of Maharashtra and Mumbai have "years of experience" of how the state and city's police work.
Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut has been accorded Y-plus category of CRPF security by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the wake of her spat with Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut, and after she said she feared for her life. Eleven commandos have been tasked with protecting Ranaut. Two of the commandos will provide her with mobile security, while one will guard her residence at all times across the country. So anyone who is threatened, and who expresses a threat to their life, will get central government protection?
In yet another tweet, Kangana wrote, "There is no illegal construction in my house, also government has banned any demolitions in Covid till September 30, Bullywood watch now this is what Fascism looks like."
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday stayed the demolition process initiated by the BMC for illegal construction at actor Kangana Ranaut's bungalow here and sought to know why did the city civic body enter the property when the owner was not present. Justice S J Kathawalla was hearing a petition filed by Ranaut challenging the notice issued by the BMC for illegal construction at her bungalow. The petition also sought a stay on the demolition process. The court sought to know from BMC how it entered the premises and directed it to file an affidavit in response to the plea. The court has posted the matter for hearing on Thursday.
A BMC team reached the bungalow at Pali Hill in Bandra with bulldozer and excavators and demolished alterations made sans the civic body's approval.
A BMC team reached the bungalow at Pali Hill in Bandra with bulldozer and excavators and demolished alterations made sans the civic body's approval.
"As I am all set for Mumbai Darshan on my way to the (Chandigarh) airport, Maha government and their goons are at my property all set to illegally break it down, go on! I promised to give blood for Maharashtra pride. This is nothing, take everything but my spirit will only rise higher and higher," Ranaut tweeted shortly before she was to catch an afternoon flight from the Chandigarh international airport. Ranaut, whose comments led to a spat with Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut, had said she felt unsafe in Mumbai after the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput and also spoke of drug use in a section of the film industry.
The Bombay High Court asked the BMC to stop the demolition at Kangana Ranaut’s office and asked the civic body to respond to her petition. The matter will now be taken up at 3 pm tomorrow.
Mumbai Police have made adequate security arrangements near the airport ahead of actress Kangana Ranaut's arrival, an official said on Wednesday. Earlier this week, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had accorded Y+ category security to her after she expressed a threat to her life as she spoke about drug use among a section in the film industry, following the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
Actor Kangana Ranaut approached the Bombay High Court on Wednesday challenging the notice issued by the Mumbai civic body for 'illegal construction' at her bungalow here, and sought a stay on the demolition process. "We filed a petition this morning seeking urgent hearing. We have sought a stay on the demolition process by way of interim relief," Ranaut's advocate Rizwan Siddiqui told PTI.
A BMC team reached the bungalow at Pali Hill in Bandra with bulldozer and excavators and demolished alterations made sans the civic body's approval. Ranaut, who is scheduled to reach later in the day, has alleged that the Maharashtra government is targeting her because of her fight with the Shiv Sena