Kangana Ranaut stated, “India truly gained freedom in 2014”, a reference to BJP coming to power
Mumbai: BJP chief Chandrakant Patil of Maharstra today critised on actor Kangana Ranaut's comment on India’s freedom won in 1947. Kangana stated independence was "bheek" which according to the BJP Chief was wrong.
The actor is in the lime light for stating on an occasion that India truly gained freedom in 2014, in cotext to the BJP coming to power at the Centre.
"Kangana Ranaut's comment on the country's fight for Independence is completely wrong. Nobody has a right to pass a negative remark on the freedom movement," Mr Patil told reporters, also in the statement, he added he did not know the "emotions" that made the actor utter such a statement.
"After Narendra Modi became prime minister in 2014, the common man is having an experience of true freedom. Now, there is no one left in the country who cannot have two meals a day. The Union government is distributing 35 kg food grains to the poor," he claimed.
Ms Ranaut can appreciate PM Modi's work over the last seven years but she has no right to criticise the Independence struggle, Mr Patil told reporters.
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