India, Dec. 10 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Kangana Ranaut on Wednesday during her speech in the Lok Sabha to issue what she called an apology to the Brazilian woman whose photograph has been at the centre of the Congress' claims of voter-roll manipulation.

The Mandi MP said the opposition had violated House rules and the woman's dignity by displaying her picture without evidence. "As a woman, I want to say every woman is entitled to her dignity," she added.

Ranaut criticised the opposition benches for flashing a photograph of a woman of "foreign origin" during the debate, despite placards being prohibited in the House. She said the woman had repeatedly clarified on social media that she had "never been to India" and had "nothing ...