Lauding the actress for 'openly' using the protest as Film promotion for her Friday release, Chhapaak, she said that one should 'respect' her over the act because she had the guts to do it in front of everyone. Chandel also claimed that it is Deepika's prerogative to promote her film and one should not be rattled over the matter and overreact unnecessarily.

After pictures of Padukone at the JNU protest surfaced, it drew conflicting views from several fronts. While Bollywood rushed to support the Padmaavat actress, sources claimed that it was done as a part of Film promotions with further questions being raised, as source-based pictures, crediting 'SPICE PR' went viral on Twitter. Though when checked, the agency in question had not posted the pictures itself.

However, this is not the first time when the Ranaut family has supported Deepika Padukone. In a recent video posted by Chandel on Twitter, Kangana Ranaut dished out praise on Deepika Padukone and her latest prestige project, Chhapaak. She stated that the trailer of the film reminded her of the struggles that her sister Rangoli went through and her determination to defeat all adversities.