Actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut has spoken up in help of Trisha Krishnan after the actor discovered herself on the centre of an issue final month over her presence on the Independence Day 2026 celebrations in Chennai. The Karuppu actor had attended the occasion at Fort St George on August 15 and was seated subsequent to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay’s mother and father, SA Chandrasekhar and Shobha Chandrasekhar.
What did Kangana say?
In a brand new video publish shared by information company PTI, Kangana spoke to reporters after chairing the District Growth Coordination and Monitoring assembly at Kullu. She mentioned how girls’s character is at all times used in opposition to them to destroy them and it was about time that society appeared inside to grasp how girls are handled. “Everyone knows that this isn’t restricted to India alone and is prevalent worldwide that character of working girls, profitable girls, actors, politicians, girls on the place of energy and authority is focused to convey her down,” she mentioned.
With out instantly namedropping Trisha, she went on so as to add, “You’ve got seen what occurred in Tamil Nadu, the place a really revered artist and actress was concerned in a matter the place the connection was between each events. Nevertheless, in the case of abuses and character lynching, it’s at all times the girl who’s focused.”
The context
Final month, an issue broke out when Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief Udhayanidhi Stalin was talking at a rally meant to press the state authorities on the Cauvery water sharing – a century-old irritant in relations between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. As the group chanted the title of Trisha, Udhayanidhi made an obscene comment.
On the next day, Udhayanidhi was arrested from his residence in Chennai at 10am and brought to Thanjavur, the place he had made the controversial remark. The DMK subsequently hit the streets and approached the Madras excessive courtroom, following which the previous state minister was launched.
Vijay accomplished 100 days as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister at the same time as hypothesis about his equation with Trisha has continued to make headlines. Rumours across the relationship solely grew additional when Vijay’s estranged spouse, Sangeetha Sornalingam, filed for divorce, citing alleged infidelity. Trisha’s emotional look at Vijay’s oath-taking ceremony in Might 2026 solely added to the hypothesis surrounding their relationship.
Extra just lately, experiences claimed that Sangeetha had withdrawn the divorce petition she filed earlier than the Chengalpattu Household Court docket. The courtroom later closed the case after she informed them that she didn’t want to take the matter ahead.