Chandigarh: An old Instagram story of actor-turned-politician MP Kangana Ranaut, justifying Will Smith slapping comedian Chris Rock at an Oscar ceremony, has gone viral amidst the controversy surrounding a female CISF constable slapping her at Chandigarh airport on Thursday.

On March 27, 2022, Actor Will Smith had gone over the stage and slapped comedian Chris Rock for making fun of his wife Jada Pinkett Smith for her shaved head, at 94th Academy Awards in the Dolby Theatre, Hollywood. Jada was suffering from alopecia areata, also known as spot baldness, which she believed to have been a result of stress. Smith’s violent outburst at a comic statement had received mix reaction worldwide. Justifying the controversial act, actor Kangana Ranaut had put an Instagram story which read, “If some idiot used my mom or sister’s illness to make bunch of fools laugh I would slap him like @willsmith did…bad ass move.. hope he comes to my #lockup”. The story had the picture of the actor slapping the comedian.

Kulwinder Kaur, the CISF woman constable who slapped the MP, hails from Sultanpur Lodhi in Punjab. After her controversial act, she stated that it was a reaction to a statement made by the actress regarding farmers’ protests. Kaur alleged that during the farmers protest in Delhi, Kangana had stated that the protesters were doing it for hundred rupees. “Will she go and sit there for 100 rupees? My mother was one of the protesters during that time”, she said. Her brother Sher Singh Mahival, who is also a farmers' leader, endorsed her statement later.

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Reacting to a photo of farmers’ protesting against the farm laws in 2020, Kangana Ranaut had wrongly assumed a woman in the pic to be Bilkis, an 82 year old woman famous for her protest against the CAA at Shaheen Bagh in 2020. Kangana Ranaut wrote in a now deleted tweet, “Ha ha ha she is the same dadi who featured in Time magazine for being the most powerful Indian… And she is available in 100 rupees. Pakistani jurno’s have hijacked international PR for India in an embarrassing way. We need our own people to speak for us internationally”. Many prominent personalities, including actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh, had severely criticized her post.

However, the first time BJP MP from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, has strongly reacted to the statement of Kulwinder Kaur. Kangana Ranaut took to her X account on Saturday to say that “Every rapist, murderer or thief always have a strong emotional, physical, psychological or financial reason to commit a crime, no crime ever happens without a reason, yet they are convicted and sentenced to jail”. If anybody agreed with a person who broke into someone’s personal space then they were justifying rapes and murders, she said. Ranaut also advised people to take up yoga and meditation in order to stop life from becoming a ‘bitter and burdensome experience’. “Don’t carry so much grudge, hate and jealousy please , free yourself”, she added.

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Bhatkal: The Karnataka unit of the All India Ideal Teachers Association (AIITA) has welcomed the Karnataka government’s decision to strictly ban school children from dancing to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes in government, aided, and private schools across the state.

AIITA Karnataka State President M. R. Manvi congratulated the government for taking what he termed an important step to preserve the sanctity of education.

“Such decisions to safeguard the dignity of school children and uphold the values of education are the need of the hour. This rule should not be limited to government schools alone but must be strictly implemented in all private educational institutions as well,” he said.

He further urged the government to address other concerns within school programmes.

“The government should not only prohibit obscene dances in the name of school anniversaries, but also ensure that plays and dialogues that incite religious hatred are avoided. Schools should be centres of harmony, not platforms for spreading hatred,” he added.

According to a recent circular issued by the Department of School Education and Literacy, obscene dances are adversely affecting the mental health and moral values of students.

In this regard, schools have been advised to use songs that promote nationalism, positive thinking, the greatness of Kannada culture, and value-based traditions instead of inappropriate content during programmes.
The circular also emphasises that students should be dressed in decent attire.

AIITA also backed the department’s warning that disciplinary action would be taken against head teachers if such guidelines are violated. The association has further demanded that district Deputy Directors of Public Instruction strictly monitor the implementation of these rules.