Bollywood actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut has expressed regret for her controversial 2020 tweet in which she misidentified an elderly woman farmer as Shaheen Bagh activist Bilkis Bano and claimed she was “available for Rs 100” to join protests.

The remark, made during the nationwide farmers’ agitation against the now-repealed farm laws, had triggered widespread outrage and led to multiple legal notices demanding an apology.

In her statement in court on Monday, Ranaut said she regretted the comment. This comes nearly five years after the controversy erupted.

Back in December 2020, when thousands of farmers marched towards Delhi to protest against the Centre’s farm laws, Ranaut posted the now-deleted tweet misidentifying Mahinder Kaur as Bilkis Dadi — one of the faces of the anti-CAA prot

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