Now Akali Dal sends legal notice to Kangana Ranaut, seeks apology; Delhi Sikh body says actress cannot insult farmers

A day after Kangana Ranaut and Diljit Dosanjh had a scrap on Twitter, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has now sought action against the actress.
The Punjab-based party has sent a legal notice to the Bollywood actress and sought an unconditional apology for ‘derogatory tweet calling the aged mother of a farmer as a woman available for Rs 100'.


SAD National Spokesperson Manjinder Singh Sirsa tweeted a picture of the notice. In his tweet, he wrote that the ‘Panga’ actress must apologise for trying to imply through her tweets that the “farmers’ protests were anti-national”.

The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee also slapped a legal notice on the actress. Advocate Harpreet Singh Hora in his notice claimed that when Ranaut's premises (in Mumbai) were demolished, she used social media "to gather solidarity" from her fans, stating that the action was an attack on her fundamental rights.

"Similarly, the right to peacefully protest is part of the farmers' rights under the Constitution of India and she cannot claim a right to demean and insult the farmers," the notice sent by Hora, on behalf of the committee member Jasmain Singh Noni, read.

On Thursday, Twitter saw Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh and Ranaut locked in a bitter fight.

Dosanjh, the voice behind multiple chartbusters including 'Laal Ghaghra' and 'Ikk Kudi', shared a 2-minute-long BBC India video in which Mahinder Kaur, whom Ranaut had wrongly identified as Bano, is seen sharing her views on the contentious farm bills that have triggered the ongoing protests.


Ranaut hit back at Dosanjh with a tweet implying that the singer was a part of the Karan Johar clique. She also tried to defend her earlier tweets by saying that 'Shaheen Bagh dadi' Bilkis Bano was indeed seen protesting for farmer's rights as well, and that she herself didn't know Mahinder Kaur.

Dosanjh was quick to retort, questioning her about her loyalties while signing films and other projects in B-town. He also slammed her stating that they were not Bollywood folks but people from Punjab who would give a befitting reply to her dramatic efforts.