Bathinda, Oct. 28 -- Kangana Ranaut, film actor and BJP parliamentarian from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, got bail from a Bathinda court in a defamation case on Monday. She expressed regret for her controversial 2021 tweet for which the case was filed by 73-year-old Mahinder Kaur of Bahadurgarh Jandian village in the district. The controversy had erupted during the 2020-21 farmer protests against the now-repealed farm laws.

Soon after appearing in the court in the afternoon, Kangana briefed mediapersons on the court complex that the meme was not aimed at any individual, but she apologised for her comment "which were blown out of proportion."

"Dadi ji (the complainant) was not in the court but I conveyed my apologies to her husband (Labh Sin...