Kangana Ranaut calls Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi nepo babies: 'Congress is an appalling party'

Kangana Ranaut, who's contesting Lok Sabha Elections as a BJP candidate, said Congress is symptomatic of nepotism, the issue she's been battling in Bollywood.

Kangana Ranaut said Indian National Congress represents something she has long fought against in her film career – nepotism. In an interview with Times Now, Kangana called Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi “nepo babies.” The actor has been fielded by the BJP for the Mandi constituency in Himachal Pradesh in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. 

"The Congress has always been an appalling party for me. The nepotism in the party has been hugely problematic for me because I was a target of the same system in my industry. I had condemned it openly, I fought against it. Something that was exploiting me... Nepotism, groupism, dynastic politics... I despise this party," Kangana said.

"Nepo kids," the actor said when she was asked to describe the Gandhi siblings in one line. "They are weird as if they have landed from Mars," she added.

Kangana famously took a stand against nepotism in Bollywood when she called filmmaker Karan Johar the “flag-bearer of nepotism” on an episode of his chat show Koffee with Karan Season 5 in 2016.