Navneet Rana lashes out at Sanjay Raut for derogatory comments, labels him as scrap

Amravati Lok Sabha candidate Navneet Rana criticized Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut for calling her a "dancer" and "babli" and said her constituents will not tolerate such insults. Rana referred to Raut as "tin tappad" from Mumbai and warned against speaking derogatorily about her. Raut had dismissed Rana as a dancer and actor, urging voters not to be swayed by her on-screen persona. Rana, who won as an Independent in 2019, is now running as a BJP candidate.

The Bharatiya Janata Party's Amravati Lok Sabha candidate Navneet Rana slammed Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut for referring to her as a ''dancer'' and ''babli'' (a film character who cons people) and said people of her constituency will not tolerate such insults.

The actor-turned-politician said Raut was ''tin tappad'' (scrap and useless household items/also used as slang to refer to riffraff) from Mumbai who goes to various places and speaks derogatorily about others.

''If he speaks in this way about the daughter of Amravati, the people here will not tolerate such insults,'' she said in a public gathering on Friday.

Some days ago, Raut had said, ''The Lok Sabha election is a contest not against a dancer or 'babli' (a con character in a Hindi film) but a fight between Maharashtra and Modi. She is a dancer, an actor on the screen who will mark some affectionate gestures, but do not fall for that trap,'' Raut said.

Rana had won the seat in 2019 as an opposition-backed Independent candidate but is fighting on a BJP ticket this time.

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