‘Jee Lo Apni Zindagi’: Kangana Ranaut

BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Thursday used a Bollywood reference to criticise the Congress party for questioning the government’s decision to introduce a bill amending the women’s reservation law, and asked why the opposition had allowed the issue to remain unresolved for three decades while it was in power.

Speaking in the Lok Sabha during a debate on three bills related to the women’s quota, the actor-turned-politician from Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi referred to a well-known dialogue from the Bollywood film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. She said the Prime Minister was effectively telling the daughters of the country to go and live their lives freely.

“We have a very popular Bollywood film called Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. There is a famous dialogue in the film, ‘Ja Simran, jee le apni zindegi’. Today, our government has told us that all the cages are broken, all the walls have been pulled down, ‘jao betiyo, jee lo apni zindegi’,” Ranaut told the House. ()updated on 16th April 2025()