Photo Of Kangana Ranaut With Film Journalist Peddled As Abu Salem

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A photograph featuring actor Kangana Ranaut has been revived on social media with a false claim that it shows Ranaut socialising with gangster Abu Salem, one of the main conspirators in the 1993 Mumbai blast case. The old picture resurfaced after Kangana Ranaut was declared as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for Himachal Pradesh's Mandi constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The image is being circulated with a Hindi caption that translates to, "Azadi Ki Rani 2014. Kangana.with Salim, the convict of 1993 Mumbai bomb case. What will the blind devotees say now? This ideal woman is the candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party for Himachal Pradesh Mandi Lok Sabha seat." (Original Text in Hindi: 2014 की आजादी की रानी. कंगना .1993 मुंबई बम कांड के .दोषी सलीम के साथ अब क्या बोलेंगे अंध भक्तों हिमाचल प्रदेश मंडी लोक सभा सीट की .भारतीय जनता पार्टी की उम्मीदवार है यह .आदर्श महिला). Click here to view one such post and here for an archive.