‘Mindlessly Dragging Me’: Kangana Ranaut Slams Congress Amid Row Over PM Modi’s Odisha Visit

Last Updated:September 27, 2025, 19:21 IST

Kangana Ranaut’s remarks came after a Congress leader questioned the purpose of PM Modi’s Jharsuguda visit, invoking the actor-turned-politician’s name

BJP MP Kangana Ranaut. (Photo Credits: Instagram)

Actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut on Saturday hit back at the Congress after her name was invoked in a jibe over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Odisha’s Jharsuguda, calling it a case of “character assassination” and “anti-women” politics.

During his visit, PM Modi inaugurated Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited’s (BSNL) indigenous 4G stack, marking India’s entry into a select group of nations capable of producing homegrown telecom technology.

“Narendra Modi Ji is the Prime Minister of India, chosen by the people three times for this responsibility. He can travel to any part of the nation and work for people’s development. As for mindlessly dragging my name into it, why am I the untouchable? Why my name is always used in creepy undertones and gossipy connotations? What have I done?”

She added that Congress’s repeated attempts to link her name with the Prime Minister reflected a “regressive mentality” and accused the party of trying to malign her public image.

“I wonder is it because of such public character assassination and slandering I still haven’t got a single audience with honourable PM ji, shame on Congress’s polluted brain, regressive mentality and anti-women agendas,” she wrote.

Her remarks came after Congress spokesperson Sonali Sahu questioned the purpose of PM Modi’s Jharsuguda visit, asking: “We welcome him as per our political culture. But the real question is, why has Modi come, and who invited him? Last time it was Lord Jagannath’s invitation… this time who invited him? Kangana Ranaut?”

Sahu also criticised the Prime Minister for flagging off a train to Surat, suggesting it was aimed at sending Odisha’s youth to work outside the state.

Major Digital Infra Push

As part of BSNL’s silver jubilee celebrations, the Prime Minister commissioned more than 97,500 mobile towers, including 92,600 4G sites built with indigenous technology at a cost of around Rs 37,000 crore.

Officials said the project will extend mobile connectivity to over 26,700 previously unconnected villages, including 2,472 in Odisha, benefitting more than 20 lakh new subscribers.

The solar-powered towers are being described as India’s largest cluster of green telecom sites. Officials said the indigenous 4G stack is cloud-based and future-ready, with the ability to seamlessly upgrade to 5G.

“This rollout is a transformative step in line with the Prime Minister’s vision of Digital India, bridging the digital divide and empowering rural communities,” the government said in a statement.

With the launch of the Digital Bharat Nidhi initiative, PM Modi also unveiled India’s 100 per cent 4G saturation project that will connect around 30,000 villages in mission mode.

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