Urmila Matondkar has come out strongly against the accusation by some sections of the media and actor Kangana Ranaut that she bought a Rs. 3-crore office space only after joining the Shiv Sena in December. The actor-turned-politician says she has proof that she bought the space using sale proceeds of a flat bought in 2011.

“The document has papers of the sale of the flat in the first of week of March 2020. It also has papers of how I bought the office with that money. I had bought the flat way before I entered politics,” shares Matondkar, adding she’s ready to show every paper related to this transaction in front of the media.

The 46-year-old rues some people are trying to politicise the matter. “They think by defaming me they’ll bring my morale down. They’ve tried to slander my name, my husband’s name, my marriage, my in-laws — if that hasn’t put me down, why will this?” she says.

Matondkar maintains she has nothing to hide. “Jisne kucch galat kiya nahi usey kya darr. If it’s about my self-respect and pride, there’s no way in hell I’ll go back,” she asserts. Recently, in a video on Twitter, she responded to Ranaut’s tweets saying: “I challenge Kangana Ranaut to pick up a time and place and come out with her list which she was supposed to submit to the NCB about members of the film industry, for which she has taken Y-Plus (security) on the taxpayers’ money.”

Responding to Ranaut’s jibe about her alleged conversion for marriage, Matondkar warns, “She doesn’t have to worry about my religion. Once again, by deliberately misleading people with faltu matters like my religion, she has proved my point that she doesn’t have the guts to address the real thing. Where’s the damn list?”

The social media feud between the two began last September when Matondkar slammed Ranaut’s comparison of Mumbai to Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir. “I’ve not made any comment on her. I just raised my voice when she was criticising a state, a chief minister and using derogatory language against the police. But she’s known to defame people without full knowledge and make personal comments which are in bad taste,” Matondkar adds.