After a controversy broke out over Congress leader Supriya Shrinate's derogatory remark on actress Kangana Ranaut, Youth Congress chief BV Srinivas shared an old video of Kangana wherein she called actress-politician Urmila Matondkar a "soft porn star". "She's not known for her acting for sure," Kangana, BJP's Mandi candidate, said in 2020. Srinivas asked Kangana if she condemned her remarks.