Defending her "tapori" jibe at Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi, actor-politician Kangana Ranaut claimed the remark was a response to his conduct in Parliament.
The BJP MP stated that while she respects all individuals, she refuses to put the LoP on a pedestal, further questioning the standards of his political rhetoric.
"I have respect for everybody. But I cannot pretend unnecessarily to put a crown on his head, which he doesn't deserve. Why should I glorify him? Is that the standard of opposition that we are setting and the standard of conduct that we're talking about? In Mumbai, a tapori is someone who may not have the formal etiquette," Ranaut said.
She raised concerns about Gandhi's conduct in Parliament, stressing that a respectful decorum must be maintained. "Parliament or no Parliament, what is this sort of conduct?" the actor argued.
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Ranaut also took issue with Gandhi's 'jiu-jitsu' analogy used in the Parliament, where he used terms like "grip" and "choke". Describing it as uncomfortable during the parliamentary address, Ranaut said it made several women uneasy.
"He was going from one body part to another. All the women were uncomfortable. Maybe it was not any double meaning, but it was very uncomfortable. There is no point in giving kushti classes there. He's like, 'I'm making the base of my argument,' and people were like, 'Can you please move on?' We should not encourage this," she said.
Earlier in March, Ranaut questioned Gandhi for his alleged behaviour with other parliamentarians, accusing him of "heckling" those giving interviews.
Ranaut said, "We, the women, get very uncomfortable seeing the way he (Rahul Gandhi) conducts himself. He walks in like a 'tapori' and heckles those giving interviews. He should see the conduct and behaviour of his sister, which is very good. Rahul Gandhi himself is a shame."
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