Speaking at an event in Mandi district on Tuesday, the actor-politician said the three farm laws faced protests only in some states.”Farmers are a pillar of strength in India’s progress. Only in some states, they had objected to farm laws. I appeal with folded hands that farm laws should be brought back in the interest of farmers,” she had said.She said the country is on the path of progress and restoring the farm laws would ensure better financial stability and growth for farmers, ultimately benefiting the agricultural sector.The BJP’s Himachal Pradesh unit has also distanced itself from the Mandi MP’s statement.The Congress alleged that the remarks are an indication that the ruling party was making efforts to bring back the three laws and asserted that Haryana will give a befitting reply to it.Ranaut’s remark came at a time when political parties are preparing for the assembly polls in Haryana slated on October 5.Haryana had witnessed major protest by farmers, especially at Delhi borders, demanding that the three laws be repealed.The laws were eventually withdrawn by the Modi government in 2021.Last month, the BJP was forced to distance itself from Kangana’s disparaging remarks about the farmers’ protest when she had said that bodies were found hanging and rapes were committed during the agitation against the farm laws.The BJP had denounced her remarks and made it clear she is neither permitted nor authorised to comment on the party’s policy matters. “The Bharatiya Janata Party has directed Kangana Ranaut to not make any statement of this kind in future,” the ruling party had said in a statement.
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