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The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) has sent a legal notice to Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut, seeking an unconditional apology for her \u201cderogatory\u201d tweet in which she had allegedly misidentified an old woman at the farmers\u2019 protest in Capital as Bilkis Bano. Ranaut later deleted her tweet over the old woman after she was criticised on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe have sent a legal notice to @KanganaTeam for her derogatory tweet calling the aged mother of a farmer as a woman available for Rs 100. Her tweets portray farmers protest as anti-national. We demand an unconditional apology from her for her insensitive remarks on farmers protest,\u201d Manjinder Singh Sirsa, DSGMC\u2019s president, tweeted on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ranaut had tweeted that Bano also joined the farmers\u2019 agitation over the new farms laws at various border points of the national capital. She retweeted the post with photographs of two elderly women, including Bano, and wrote that the \u201csame Dadi\u201d who featured in Time Magazine was \u201cavailable in 100 rupees\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before this, a Punjab-based lawyer also sent a legal notice to Ranaut over her now-deleted tweet. Advocate Harkam Singh said Ranaut should have authenticated information before posting it on social media and demanded an apology over her tweets, in which she allegedly misidentified the woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI sent a legal notice for a tweet misidentifying Mohinder Kaur as Bilkis Bano with an insinuation that she (Kaur) was available as a hired protestor for Rs 100. The notice gives Ranaut seven days to issue an apology failing which a defamation case will be pursued,\u201d Singh said according to news agency ANI on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is to inform you that the said lady is not a fake lady. Her name is Mahinder Kaur and she belongs to Bathinda. She is the wife of farmer Labh Singh Nambardar. She in her life, has always remained connected with fields and filed work and she is the wife of a farmer,\u201d he said in his notice dated November 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Diljit Dosanjh, Prince Narula, Sargun Mehta, Himanshi Khurana and several other actors have slammed Ranaut for her tweet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thousands of farmers have gathered at Delhi\u2019s borders to demand a repeal of the Centre\u2019s three new farm laws. The protesting farmers, mainly from Punjab and Haryana as well as Uttar Pradesh, are worried the new laws will eliminate the safety cushion of a Minimum Support Price (MSP) and procurement system while rendering ineffective the mandi system that ensures earnings for various stakeholders in the farm sector. The government has been in talks with farmer leaders to resolve the issue.<\/p>\n