Kangana: Opposition lost in Maharashtra for showing disrespect to women

A day after the Mahayuti alliance trounced the MVA in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, Mandi MP Kangana Ranaut on Sunday likened the opposition's alliance with 'daitya' and said it suffered this fate because it had disrespected women.

Kangana, while speaking to reporters in Delhi, said, "I expected such a bad failure of Uddhav Thackeray. We can identify who is a 'devta' and who is a 'daitya' (satan) depending on if they respect women or work for their welfare." He faced the same fate as a 'daitya', she added.

“Those who do not respect women can never win. They had demolished my home and verbally abused me,” she alleged.

Earlier, Kangana told reporters at the Bhuntar airport in Kullu district that people had taught a good lesson to those who talked about breaking the country. She lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership and said that she believed that he was born for the "salvation of the country and is invincible".

The people of Maharashtra voted for development and a stable government, she said. She also congratulated Modi for the Mahayuti's electoral success and said the BJP high command would decide Maharashtra's next Chief Minister.

“During campaigning, I saw every child chanting ‘Modi-Modi’. Prime Minister Modi is the tallest leader in the world. The BJP is a brand and, today, the people of India believe in the brand,”the Mandi MP said.

She added, “I believe the prime minister was born for the salvation of the country and he is invincible.”

The Congress was also a brand after Independence but it has today become a regional party as people have lost faith in it, Ranaut claimed.