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At a recent press conference, Kangana Ranaut caused a stir when she let out a controversial statement.
She said India got freedom only after 2014 when the current Prime Minister came into power and what the country got in 1947 was ‘bheekh’.
After this, the National Executive Member of Aam Aadmi Party, Preethi Menon, has registered a police complaint against Kangana.
Now, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) spokesperson Nawab Malik, as per a TOI report, stated that Kangana was ‘talking too much’ after an excess dose of the hashish drug ‘Malana cream’. Not only this, he also insisted that Kangana return her Padma Shri and be booked for insulting freedom fighters.
Kangana however responded saying she would return her prestigious award under a particular circumstance. She says, “Everything is very clearly mentioned in the same interview 1857 first collective fight for freedom… along with sacrifice of greats like Subhash Chandra Bose, Rani Laxmibai and Veer Savarkar ji. 1857 I know but which war took place in 1947 I am not aware, if someone can bring to my awareness I will give back my Padma Shri and apologise also… please help me with this.“
Continuing her statement she added, “As far as Aazadi in 2014 is concerned, I specifically said physical Aazadi we may have had but consciousness and conscience of India was set free in 2014… a dead civilisation came alive and fluttered its wing and now roaring and soaring high … today for the first time … people can’t shame us for not speaking in English or coming from small towns or using made in India products… everything is articulate and clear in the same interview… lekin jo chor hain unki toh jalegi … koi bujha nahi sakta (those who have a guilty conscience will feel the burn, nothing can be done about it) … Jai Hind.”
In her stories, the actress also writes that she will apologize and would give back her Padma Shri only if someone would prove she disrespected the nation’s martyrs and freedom fighters.
