Kangana Ranaut has been actively using her Instagram account for making statements on Indian politics and its history. After receiving the Padma Shri award from the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, the actress went on to claim that India got Independence in 1947 as ‘bheek' (alms). She declared that India attained 'real freedom' in 2014 after the Narendra Modi-led government came to power.
Now, the outrage over her comment still continues, Kangana attacked Mahatma Gandhi. Kangana shared multiple stories on Instagram. The first one was a picture of a newspaper article from the 1940s with the headline, "Gandhi, others agreed to hand over Netaji." Kangana wrote, "Either you are a Gandhi fan or Netaji supporter. You can't be both, choose and decide."
In her next Instagram story, she wrote, "Those who fought for the freedom were “handed over” to their masters…by those who had no courage burning /boiling hot blood to fight their oppressor but they were power hungry and cunning…Those are the ones who taught us, if someone slaps you offer another cheek for one more slap and that is how you will get aazaadi. That's not how one gets aazadi, one can only get bheekh like that. Choose your heroes wisely."
Kangana's third Instagram story read, "So you need to choose who you support because just placing them all in one box of your memory and every year wishing them all on their birth anniversaries is not enough. In fact, it is not just dumb, it is highly irresponsible and superficial. One must know their history and their heroes."
Amid the outrage over her 'India's Independence was bheek' remark, Kangana promised to return her Padma Shri if proven wrong.
(Source: Instagram)
