BOMBAY TIMES (July 30, 2018)

Days after she hinted at a potential political career during an interview, Kangana Ranaut has described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the “rightful leader of the democracy.” On Saturday, Kangana attended the screening of a short film, Chalo Jeete Hain, in Mumbai, which is inspired by the early life of PM Modi. “The film has been made beautifully. It shows how Prime Minister Modi, being a sensitive child, went through such extreme circumstances. But I feel this film is not about him. Rather, it is about us — how the society needs to be together to rise. This film is just a small part of his life,” Kangana said after the screening.

When asked to analyse the last four years of the BJP government, Kangana said, “He (Modi) is the most deserving candidate. It’s not like he has reached this place because of his mother and father. He is the rightful leader of the democracy. We have voted him as our Prime Minister. This cannot be taken away from him. This is his well-deserved place which he has earned after sheer hard work. So there shouldn’t be any doubt about his credibility as Prime Minister.” Does she want Modi to be in power again? Kangana said, “Of course. Why not? Five years are very less to take the nation out of a pit. Our country is in a pit, we need to pull it out.”