Kangana Ranaut Slams BMC For Spending Rs 82 Lakh On Lawyer To Fight Case Against Her
Kangana Ranaut has called out the Mumbai civic body, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for spending public money to fight the demolition case against her.
Kangana
Ranaut
has
called
out
the
Mumbai
civic
body,
Brihanmumbai
Municipal
Corporation
(BMC)
for
spending
public
money
to
fight
the
demolition
case
against
her.
Kangana
shared
a
report
by
Maharashtra
Times,
which
claimed
that
BMC
paid
Rs
82
lakh
as
an
honorarium
to
advocate
Aspi
Chinai,
to
represent
them
in
court
against
the
actress.
The
news
came
to
light
after
RTI
activist
Sharad
Yadav
asked
the
BMC
about
the
expenses.
The
corporation
then
stated
paying
Rs
22.5
lakh
till
September
22,
and
Rs
60
lakh
till
October
7.
Reacting
to
the
report,
Kangana
Ranaut
wrote
on
Twitter,
"Municipal
Corporation
so
far
spent
82
lakhs
on
lawyer
for
illegally
demolition
of
my
house,
papa's
Pappu
spending
public
money
to
tease
a
girl,
this
is
where
Maharashtra
stands
today,
very
unfortunate."
(sic)
BMC
Demolished
Kangana's
Bandra
Office
In
September
Notably,
the
BMC
had
partially
demolished
Kangana's
office
space
in
Bandra
classifying
it
under
illegal
construction.
Ranaut
approached
the
high
court
on
September
9,
claiming
she
was
not
given
enough
time
to
respond
to
BMC's
notice.
Earlier
this
month,
a
bench
of
Justices
SJ
Kathawalla
and
RI
Chagla
conducted
hearings
on
the
plea,
accepted
written
submissions
from
counsels
of
Ranaut
and
the
BMC
before
closing
the
matter
for
orders.
On
Monday
(October
26),
the
court
closed
all
arguments
and
reserved
its
verdict
on
the
petition
filed
by
Ranaut
against
the
demolition.
BMC
Says
Kangana's
Demands
Cannot
Be
Entertained
Kangana
in
her
petition
also
alleged
that
the
BMC
damaged
expensive
paintings,
collectables
and
rare
books
during
the
demolition.
Meanwhile,
BMC's
written
submission
denied
all
allegations
of
malice
and
personal
vendetta.
The
submission
said
that
Ranaut's
claim
of
Rs
2
crore
as
damages
from
the
BMC
for
partial
demolition
of
her
bungalow
cannot
be
"entertained".
Kangana
Begun
Working
On
Tejas
On
the
work
front,
Kangana
has
wrapped
up
the
shoot
of
Thalaivi
and
has
begun
prep
for
her
upcoming
films.
She
had
begun
workshops
for
Tejas
with
director
Sarvesh
Mewara
and
coach
Wing
Commander
Abhijeet
Gokhale.
In
the
film,
Kangana
will
be
seen
playing
the
role
of
a
fighter
pilot.