Kangana Ranaut’s Office Demolished By BMC In Mumbai, Bombay HC Orders Stay; ‘Tujhe Kya Lagta Hai,’ Kangana To CM Uddhav Thackeray

Kangana Ranaut arrived in Mumbai amid tight security on September 9. The airport was flooded with media persons, police force and crowd, despite the COVID-19 scare. The Queen star has been given the Y-Plus security by the government of India and was escorted by cops as she offered prayers at a temple in Himachal Pradesh on her way to Chandigarh for her flight to Mumbai. Meanwhile, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) started the demolition of alleged structural violations carried out at Kangana Ranaut’s office, Manikarnika Films Production House at Pali Hill in Bandra West (Mumbai), a day after issuing her a notice. This comes amid a bitter war of words between Ranaut and Shiv Sena, which also controls the BMC. The timing had even Sena ally NCP’s Sharad Pawar commenting that the move had ended up giving the actor "unnecessary publicity". The actor shared photos of the officials demolishing parts of her bungalow and called it the “death of democracy”. Later, the Bombay High Court stayed demolition of Kangana Ranaut’s property by the Mumbai civic body for ‘illegal construction’. Post the demolition, Kangana hit out at the Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in a video in which she addressed him as "tu" (you). Kangana in the video said, “Uddhav Thackeray, tujhe kya lagta hai? (what do you think?) That you colluded along with the film mafia, demolished my home and took revenge on me? My home was demolished today, your arrogance will crumble tomorrow.” The outspoken actor's fight with Shiv Sena started over her criticism of the Mumbai police and state government's handling of the Sushant Singh Rajput death case. Her comment that she didn't feel safe in the city anymore escalated the issue. In response to Sena leaders asking her to "stay out", Kangana Ranaut said "Mumbai was feeling like Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK)". While several Sena leaders went on the offensive against Kangana, Uddhav Thackeray, without naming Kangana Ranaut, said, "people who earned their livelihood in the city were ungrateful”.

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