Kangana Ranaut | Varun Gandhi
'Should I call this thinking madness or treason?' Varun Gandhi slams Kangana over independence remark
New Delhi/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi on Thursday lashed out at one of his party's most ardent supporters - actor Kangana Ranaut - for her remarks that India got its true freedom only in 2014 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power and the independence in 1947 was "bheekh" (a grant for begging).
Speaking at an event of a news channel, Ranaut said, "The British knew blood will flow but it should not be Hindustani blood. They knew it..."
"Of course it was not true independence but alms (in 1947). India got its true independence in 2014," she added.
Slamming her, Varun Gandhi tweeted in Hindi, "Sometimes an insult to the sacrifice and penance of Mahatma Gandhi, sometimes the respect of his killer, and now the disdain for the sacrifices of millions of freedom fighters from Shaheed Mangal Pandey to Rani Laxmibai, Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and more.
"Should I call this thinking madness or treason?" Varun wrote posting the video clip of Kangana Ranaut speaking on the issue.
कभी महात्मा गांधी जी के त्याग और तपस्या का अपमान, कभी उनके हत्यारे का सम्मान, और अब शहीद मंगल पाण्डेय से लेकर रानी लक्ष्मीबाई, भगत सिंह, चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद, नेताजी सुभाष चंद्र बोस और लाखों स्वतंत्रता सेनानियों की कुर्बानियों का तिरस्कार।
— Varun Gandhi (@varungandhi80) November 11, 2021
इस सोच को मैं पागलपन कहूँ या फिर देशद्रोह? pic.twitter.com/Gxb3xXMi2Z
Earlier in the day, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national executive chairman Preethi Menon filed a complaint with Mumbai Police seeking a First Information Report (FIR) against Ranaut for allegedly making the seditious comment.
Ranaut, who supports the BJP and Modi, has said Congress was an extension of the British.
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