Whether for the right reasons or the wrong ones, it’s hard to find anyone in contemporary Bollywood who can make headlines quite like Kangana Ranaut. Even her Instagram stories tend to spark buzz, let alone her candid interviews. Recently, after facing backlash for her delayed visit to her flood-affected parliamentary constituency of Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, Kangana stirred more controversy with her blunt admission that she isn’t enjoying her initial experience as a Member of Parliament. She went so far as to call politics a “very expensive hobby.”
Kangana Ranaut sparks uproar with claim that MPs have less power than panchayats and MLAs; says, “A lot of MPs end up feeling very frustrated”
What sparked the most backlash, however, was a remark Kangana made during her visit to Mandi, where she claimed she doesn’t have any official Cabinet to provide disaster relief. The actor-turned-politician recently went even further, asserting that even panchayats and Members of Legislative Assemblies (MLAs) have larger budgets than Members of Parliament (MPs). She also alleged that MPs receive little respect from the public.
“A lot of MPs end up feeling very frustrated, and we talk to each other (about such matters). It’s not like others have some privileges; you just struggle with a lot. You (the MPs) are the connecting link between the state and the Centre. So, you are basically nowhere. We are like twilight,” she claimed during a conversation with Times Now, stressing that parliamentarians are often left “floundering” in the middle.
“When you go to your state, you don’t have a single place where you’re grounded or connected, or where you’re running a project. And when you go to the Centre, you’re always waiting in queues outside ministers’ offices. A lot of MPs also complain that even a panchayat or an MLA has a lot more budget than an MP. They don’t respect us,” she alleged.
Highlighting the creation of District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committees (DISHAs) as a positive move, she added, “The job (of an MP) demands a lot of communication. DISHA is a huge step. If we did not have the privilege or power to ask the deputy commissioner or those who clearly work under the state government, it (the position of a parliamentarian) would be a redundant place to be in. It (DISHA) was, I think, created because of this frustration: ‘What’s our place and work? What are we supposed to do and where?’ Also, MLAs are very territorial, and ministers are preoccupied with a lot of businesses. Meanwhile, you (MPs) are in the middle, floundering.”
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