Lok Sabha Election 2024: Supriya Shrinate Denied Lok Sabha Ticket Amid Kangana Ranaut Remarks Row

In its eighth list of 14 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Congress party has denied a Lok Sabha ticket to Supriya Shrinate from Maharajganj constituency in Uttar Pradesh.

Notably, last term in 2019, she had unsuccessfully contested in the general elections. Instead of Supriya Shrinate, Virendra Chaudhary has been fielded from Maharajganj, as reported by Hindustan Times.

Supriya's Remark on Kangana Ranaut

A controversy has emerged involving Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate over a now-deleted social media post concerning BJP's Mandi candidate Kangana Ranaut. On Monday, a social media storm was ignited by Shrinate with her alleged derogatory social media post against actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut.

The now-deleted post with a derogatory caption targeted Ranaut over her candidature from Mandi for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Shrinate claimed that "many people" have access to her Facebook and Instagram accounts, and someone from there made the "extremely inappropriate" post, which has since been deleted, as reported by Hindustan Times.

"As soon as I came to know, I deleted that post. Everyone who knows me, also knows very well that I can never make personal and indecent comments towards any woman. I wanted to know how this happened," she said. Earlier on Wednesday, a show-cause notice was issued to Supriya Shrinate by the Election Commission for her offensive remarks against Kangana Ranaut.

The poll panel stated that prima facie, Shrinate's remarks were violative of the Model Code of Conduct and its advisory to political parties to maintain dignity during electioneering. The Commission found the comments to be 'undignified and in bad taste' and has sought her response by 5 pm on March 29, 2024.

In its eighth list of Lok Sabha candidates released on Wednesday, the Congress party fielded Rao Yadvendra Singh against Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia in Madhya Pradesh's Guna. It also nominated Pratap Bhanu Sharma against former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Vidisha. Tarvar Singh Lodhi has been nominated by Damoh.

Candidates for four seats each in Uttar Pradesh and Telangana, and three each in Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand were announced by the Congress. With this, the total number of candidates declared by the party so far has reached 208.