Kangana Ranaut says she wants to become an awakened Hindu

Actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut said she wants to embrace what she described as an awakened Hindu ideology linked to the BJP and RSS. She defended her personal transformation and reiterated her criticism of Gen Z protesters following backlash over her recent remarks

New Delhi: Actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut, who was recently in the news for calling Gen Z protesters “generation gutter”, on Monday said she was once a moderate Hindu and now wants to “convert” and become an awakened Hindu.

In a video posted on Instagram, the latest in a series, Ranaut criticised those questioning her present stance on various issues in view of her past as an actor.

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“I am taunted, ‘When did you become a Sanghi?’ I want to become a Sanghi. I want to convert to the BJP and RSS ideology, which is an awakened Hindu. Why can’t I?

“When it comes to Hindu daughters, then so-called custodians of society start looking into our life from a decade ago and say, ‘You used to party, you used to do this.’ Yes, I used to, but now I want to convert. Why is that door closed for me?”

The MP from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh said she did not want to defend her past but pointed out that she had fought for issues such as pay parity, against nepotism and against item numbers.

Ranaut, who has often been the focus of debate for her provocative comments, described videos of protesters at Jantar Mantar as a display of “filth, garbage and ugliness”.

“So much ugliness in one place. These reels from Gen Z protests are puke-inducing. The way they speak and the kind of language they are using, never in my life have I seen everything in each and every frame so jarring and so crass all at once. Ewwww, who is birthing and raising them?” the 39-year-old said last week.

She also said, “Here is a new generation of so-called westernised Indian women. I call them generation gutter.”

Ranaut’s statements went viral on social media, with many criticising the actor for her “crass comments”.

Aaj ek vichar nahi ek feeling share kar rahi hoon, aap bhi batana aapki kya feeling hai iss vishay ke baare mein 🙂 pic.twitter.com/kNCRUBVIru

— Kangana Ranaut (@KanganaTeam) August 3, 2026