CJP protests: Kangana Ranaut sparks outrage with 'Generation Gutter' comments

BJP MP Kangana Ranaut has found herself once again in the eye of a storm after making a series of derogatory remarks against Gen Z protestors who took part in the demonstrations at Jantar Mantar and across India. Kangana called the protestors 'Generation Gutter', ‘ugly’ and ‘corrupt’. Her remarks triggered strong criticism and political reactions from across the country.

After posting on social media that the reels shared by the protestors on Instagram were ‘puke-inducing’, she didn’t hide her ire at Hindu women who participated in the protests.

“Most appalling is the behaviour of young Hindu women who want to imitate the lives of independent career women without earning that freedom. Truly independent women make rebellious choices and bold opinions. They make unconventional career moves, and take accountability for the actions because they are on their own. They do not do this at the cost of their parents or families.”

Calling the young Hindu women ‘a new generation of so called westernised Indian women’, and 'Generation Gutter,' Kangana said some of them had nothing to offer the system. “They are not good at studies but they are so ugly and corrupt that they can’t be homemakers. But they proudly flaunt their freedom to have drugs, drinks or endless body counts and shamelessly live off their parents earnings and constant fight to live independent loves without actually being independent,” the MP wrote. She ended her post by saying an independent life had to be earned and that living independently without accountability made a woman a ‘distorted entity, gutter chap'.

Meanwhile, opposition leaders slammed Kangana for her remarks. Congress leaders questioned her lack of empathy to students who were beaten up and demanded that the Prime Minister state his opinion about the 'regressive' comments made by an MP of his party. Many social media users, opposition leaders and public figures too condemned her remarks and demanded an apology from the MP.