'Ewwww, who is birthing & raising them?' Kangana calls Gen Z protest reels 'puke inducing'
BJP MP Kangana Ranaut has publicly criticized Gen Z protesters, labeling their protest reels as 'puke inducing' and 'crass.' Her comments follow the conclusion of protests led by the Cockroach Janta Party, which resulted in the resignation of the Union education minister.
Why it matters
The incident highlights the growing cultural and political divide between traditional political figures and youth-led digital activism in India.
NEW DELHI: Actor-politician and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Monday mocked the Gen Z-led protests spearheaded by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), the internet-sensation-turned-pressure group that drew thousands of students at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar.The Mandi MP took to Instagram Stories to slam Gen Z protest reels, calling them "puke inducing."In a sharply worded post, Ranaut mocked the protesters' style of expression and conduct, writing, "the way they speak, and the kind of language they are using, never in my life I have seen everything in each and every frame so jarring and so crass all at ones, ewwww who is birthing and raising them?"She then turned her fire on the movement's signature "cockroach" metaphor, which had become the defining symbol of…
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