Student Protest / Kangana Ranaut Clarifies 'Generation Gutter' Remark; Says Statement Was Misconstrued

Mumbai, Aug 13: Clarifying her earlier remarks, actress and politician Kangana Ranaut has issued a clarification over her comments on Gen Z during the student protest at Jantar Mantar in the national capital.

On Thursday, the actress took to the Stories section of her Instagram and shared a video of herself speaking to the camera as she furnished the clarification. Sharing a video of a Congress leader, she said that her statement has been misconstrued.

She said, “A Congress leader said that I have called the youth of the whole country as gutter cchaaps. The youth of the whole country, if you only talk about Gen Z, then their population is going to be around 30-35 crores, and at Jantar Mantar, there were only about 10,000 people gathered there, out of which more than half were people like Shabana Azmi, you saw all types of age groups were roaming”.

The actress further mentioned that she doesn’t oppose the youth of this country simply because she herself belongs to the youth community.

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“If we talk about the youth, we specifically talk about Gen Z. There were about 2,000 Gen Z there, so how are these people calling this a Gen Z protest? Like, the Gen Z of the whole country is calling this a protest. I specifically talked about the generation that was gathered here. I am giving you an open challenge: tell me a specific quote of mine in which I have included the whole generation. Don't run this useless agenda against me. I cannot be a youth opponent, because I am a youth myself, and not a 55-60 year old youth like Rahul Gandhi”, she added.

During the protests in late July 2026, Kangana Ranaut referred to some protesters as “Generation Gutter”, accusing them of using crude language and displaying objectionable behaviour. She also criticised some young women protesters, alleging that they flaunted “freedom” without accountability.

(IANS)