Kangana Ranaut has offered her congratulations to Eknath Shinde, the new chief minister of Maharashtra. She was not on good terms with the earlier Shiv Sena CM Uddhav Thackeray The actor praised him for his inspiring journey from auto-rickshaw driver to Maharashtra chief minister.

On Thursday, Kangana posted an image of Eknath Shinde to her Instagram story which she captioned, “What an inspiring success story… From driving an auto-rickshaw for a living to becoming one of the most important and powerful people in the country… congratulations sir.”

Kangana and the Uddhav Thackeray administration have been at odds for a while, and she has criticized him numerous times on social media. Kangana just posted a video on her Instagram in response to Uddhav’s departure from the position of the chief minister. In the video, she stated: “In 2020, I had said that democracy is a belief system. And those who destroy this belief system because of greed for power are doomed. Their arrogance will be demolished. This shows a person’s character.”

Uddhav Thackeray resigned as chief minister recently when the state experienced a political crisis. Eknath Shinde was chosen as the next chief minister of Maharashtra, and the Bharatiya Janata Party was announced to be the state’s new ruling party. Kangana has always been an outspoken BJP supporter.

The next film featuring Kangana will be Tejas, in which she plays an officer in the Indian Air Force. The movie is scheduled to come out later this year. She is presently engaged in her producing venture, Emergency. She will be seen in the movie playing Indira Gandhi.