"Politically Motivated": BJP As Kangana Ranaut Faces FIR In Himachal, Congress Responds

A police case registered against BJP MP Kangana Ranaut in Shimla over her remarks targeting Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has triggered a fresh political confrontation in Himachal Pradesh, with the actor-politician's party calling it a "politically motivated" move.The Shimla Police on Friday charged Ranaut, the Lok Sabha MP from Himachal's Mandi, under charges of promoting enmity, hatred, or disharmony, public mischief and defamation over a social media post on the Gandhi family.

The case was registered after a complaint alleged that Ranaut's November 10 post contained inflammatory insinuations regarding the deaths of former prime minister Indira Gandhi and her sons Sanjay Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.READ | 'Should Be Called Whitewashing, Not Belonging': BJP On Sonia Gandhi's BookBJP's Jairam Thakur accused the Congress government in Himachal of cracking down on detractors over their social media posts.The former Himachal chief minister said that Ranaut's remarks were her personal opinion and in a democracy, every individual has the right to express their own views.Thakur, the Leader of…