NEW DELHI: Following widespread criticism over her ‘generation gutter’ and other remarks, BJP MP and actor Kangana Ranaut on Wednesday took to Instagram and shared a video explaining and clarifying her comments.In a video posted on Instagram on Wednesday, Ranaut defended her earlier remarks and accused the media of backing behaviour that she said should not be normalised.She said, “I am making this reel for the media’s friends, because I have stopped some protesters who were displaying unethical, unethical behavior on the streets in front of children, in front of elders, in front of women, by normalizing it. We do not accept this in this society.”“We do not want our children to be sexualized prematurely by their unethical actions. We feel ashamed in front of our elders. We do not accept this kind of behavior. We will not let it be normalised. So the media is ganging up against me,” Kangana added further.Ranaut said she appreciated many members of Gen Z and cited examples of young people contributing positively to society.She shared, “And it will not tell how much I have appreciated the startup like Sky Root. The Zenzis of our country who are taking us to such heights. I myself congratulated the students of NEET. And such children who are taking on the responsibilities of their families.”“There are such children in our team too. There are Gen Z brothers and sisters in our family relationships too, who do our big work. But for a few followers, and for a few comments, and for a few likes, these media people have sold so much. And I am seeing that some feminists, call them anchors, or are doing a full bulletin and are teaching me that Kangana, why should these women have the burden of dignity or discipline?,” she said.“We had so much pressure on millennial women to be dignified and to be, you know, disciplined. Why do we have to give that burden to this generation? Excuse me. Will you teach your daughter like this? There is no choice to be disciplined or to be in the limits. Everyone wants to show off,” Kangana added further.She went on to argue that personal freedom should not come at the expense of others and accused “feminazis” of encouraging “animalistic” behaviour.She continued, “But if you have to live in society and you have to live according to the constitution, which means that your freedom ends where my nose and ears begin, then you can only stay in your room as a goon.”“Coming out and worshipping me, even if you don’t have any sentiment for my parents, even if you don’t have any feelings for the children of my house, that doesn’t mean that you will abuse them on the street, you will harm their dignity. My worship is my God, even if they are my leaders.”“My worship is my God, even if they are my leaders. People call the Prime Minister an exam buddy. How many people have feelings for him? Some consider him a leader, some consider him a friend, some consider him a family member, some consider him God.”“Similarly, you cannot hurt anyone’s feelings. This is not being cool. This is a basic civic sense. And if you don’t know this, you will have to learn. Don’t be influenced by these feminazis. Don’t ruin your life. You can only display this stupidity in your room. You will have to go out and live in dignity. Or you will be thrown out of the workplace. You will never have any relationship,” she said.She added, “Even the family members will not tolerate stupidity. Then in front of you, there will be a life with no end except a dead end. By the way, if you look at it, it is said in science that the purpose of human life is evolution. And even in science, it is said that you should go towards the best evolution among men. But these feminazis are teaching you to be animalistic. “And it is putting a bandage around your neck that you become an animal, and display animal tendencies. And get out of control so that you can go to jail. You have to decide who is guiding you well and who is telling you the right direction.”“I will say what I have learned from my elders. And what the gurus have taught me is that we have got this life to evolve. We have not got it to regress in animalistic tendencies. So please evolve. And best wishes to everyone for Guru Purnima,” she said.The controversy follows a war of words between Ranaut and CJP spokesperson Saurav Das.Responding to Ranaut’s comments, Das questioned her language and accused her of attempting to gain attention from the ongoing movement.“These words don’t seem to be of a person who is mentally stable because you wouldn’t use this kind of language about the young. If there is a young person in your family who belongs to Gen Z or Gen Alpha or whatever, would you use such language against them?” he told PTI Videos.Das also criticised Ranaut’s performance as an MP.“I don’t have much to say about Kangana Ranaut, her own party members don’t take her seriously. There are videos of her from her constituency where she is meeting people and telling them, ‘Aap log to bohat kaam karate ho. Mujhe to laga tha ki MP banke zyaada kaam nahi hoga. Lekin yaha par to mujhe roz kaam karna pad raha hai.’ So that’s the kind of seriousness with which she sees her own work,” he said.“It’s fine, I think she is trying to ride the CJP wave. We said this before, anybody who wants to take credit or fame from the current movement, they are free to do so and so is Kangana,” he added.
