Seeing a lot of tweets talking about how Rhea and Kangana are both ‘pawns.’ Lots of false equivalence between the two. The only thing the two have in common, besides being women, is that they are actors. And there is where the similarity ends. Here is why- (1/n)

Who is Kangana fighting for and who is defending Kangana? The BJP with the full strength of the govt. She has Y Plus security at taxpayer expense, for picking a political fight with the Maharashtra govt over a death she had no connection with. (2/n)

Her illegal house was demolished in this fight, but even the high court swung to maintain the illegal status quo. She is not anyone’s pawn, she is a warrior for the BJP. (3/n)

Where is the political advantage in defending Rhea? No non-BJP party has offered her protection. Maharashtra merely followed the laws instead of serving her up for blood sacrifice. (4/n)

Those defending Rhea are citizens who care about due process & know that it matters to their own fate in this country. Who are appalled at the baseless hounding by state agencies, by private messages being discussed on primetime TV, by social morality deciding she is a vamp.(5/n)

When Kangana got the BMC notice she didn’t think it was worth responding to. She kept tweeting. Her lawyer kept appearing on TV channels. Neither bothered to respond. The arrogance was astounding. Was Kangana above the law? (6/n)

Kangana is not a victim. Rhea is No one went to Kangana seeking a fight. She jumped into a fight at the behest of a political party. Rhea, however, was dragged into a political campaign. Kangana is no defenceless woman fighting the establishment. She is the establishment. (7/n)

India’s strongest central govt in decades, the nation’s strongest political party has openly thrown its weight behind her. Kangana is projecting herself as the biggest Hindutva product after Modi and Yogi. Kangana is the BJP. The BJP is Kangana. (8/8)