New Delhi: The verbal spat between Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut and the Maharashtra government has taken a dramatic turn with civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) moving in to demolish alleged illegal construction of her Manikarnika Office in Mumbai. While the nation looks divided over the Kangana fiasco, the actress has recently got the back of opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis who defender her by attacking Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray for his "Coward move".

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The former Maharashtra CM and the Bharatiya Janata Party leader, Fadnavis said that Kangana's statements regarding city force and Mumbai looking like Pakistan Occupied Kashmir has mounted insult. But Maharashtra government's move to demolish her property in to take revenge, which is coward. This has never happened in the history of Maharashtra, Fadnavis said referring to the action by the BMC.



His statement comes as BMC on Wednesday razed parts of her residence and office in Bandra. However, the Bombay High Court has put a stay on the civic body's demolition drive at her property in Mumbai. The order came after BMC already razed parts of Kangana's residence and damaged her office which is a part of her house in Bandra.

The war of words between the 'Queen' actress and Shiv Sena started after Kangana compared Mumbai to PoK. The row aggravated to a ‘Kangana Ranaut versus the state of Maharashtra’ war, with state Home Minister Deshmukh ordering a probe into the actress' alleged involvement in the drugs case.

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The Panga actress, who had been in her hometown Himachal during the lockdown, reached Mumbai today after throwing an open challenge to Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut who has asked her not to return to the city if she's afraid of the Mumbai police. On her return, the actress was given y Security and was escorted by Karni Sena from the airport.