Floods in Mandi, Fury at Kangana

BJP MP and actor Kangana Ranaut made bizarre remarks when she said she neither had a Cabinet post nor had funds for disaster relief.

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00:00In the middle of a disaster, this laugh sparked a storm.

00:08Over the past two weeks, Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district has faced nature's fury.

00:16And right when emotions were raw, came this moment.

00:19Kangana Ranaut, actor-turned-politician, and Mandi's elected MP, visited the flood-hit district.

00:24But it wasn't her arrival that trended, it was her tone.

00:27That laugh, brief, offhand, triggered a wave of backlash online.

00:32But amid the backlash, Kangana Ranaut has been visiting the flood-affected areas.

00:36She met grieving families, inspected damaged homes, and oversaw relief distribution.

00:57She claimed she was advised by BJP leader Jairam Thakur not to travel earlier due to dangerous conditions.

01:04And she now vows to push for a special relief package from the centre.

01:08Supporters call her engaged.

01:09Critics say she shows up for the headlines, not the hard days.

01:13This time, it was at one moment the laugh that overwhelmed the rest.

01:17In politics, words matter.

01:18In a disaster zone, tone matters even more.