New Delhi : BJP MP and actor Kangana Ranaut has triggered a fresh political controversy after posting a series of sharp remarks against Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi on Instagram.
The controversy erupted following the November 10 launch of Sonia Gandhi’s memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love. Ranaut referred to her research for the 2025 film Emergency, in which she portrayed former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, while making several allegations and raising questions about the Gandhi family’s political history.
In her posts, Ranaut questioned Sonia Gandhi’s timeline of acquiring Indian citizenship, referring to her as a “mysterious foreign national”. She also made controversial remarks about the deaths of Sanjay Gandhi, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, suggesting that the sequence of events involved multiple coincidences. However, she provided no evidence to establish any connection between these tragedies and Sonia Gandhi’s political rise.
Ranaut also shared an archival video from 1981 featuring Indira Gandhi and claimed that Maneka Gandhi, Sanjay Gandhi’s widow, was sidelined within the family. She further criticised Rahul Gandhi over dynastic politics and made references to an international corporate controversy involving Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
Her remarks have triggered sharply divided reactions across social media platforms. While several users and political commentators criticised her for making unsubstantiated insinuations involving personal tragedies, BJP supporters defended her comments as criticism of the Congress party’s dynastic politics.
The episode has once again intensified the political exchange between the BJP and Congress, with Ranaut’s social media remarks becoming the centre of a fresh public debate.
