Kangana Ranaut under fire over independence comments

Indian social media users are angry over Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut being awarded the Padma Shri award by the Indian government.

She received the National Award for her work in Panga and Manikarnika. However, the Indian government’s decision to give the national award to the Queen star has not pleased the netizens.

President Kovind presents Padma Shri to Ms Kangana Ranaut for Art. She is an Indian film actress and filmmaker, who is widely recognised as an actress par excellence. pic.twitter.com/xOqBAt1VoA

— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) November 8, 2021

The netizens are mostly targeting the Indian actor for her statement about India’s freedom saying that India got true freedom in 2014, the same year Narendra Modi got elected as prime minister.

Here’s what they had to say.

A rare image of jhansi ki Rani in independence struggle of 2014. #KanganaRanaut
🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/F6w62O144f

— 00anmolgupta00 (@anmol_baniya) November 11, 2021

Kangana Ranaut doesn’t need Security,
She needs Treatment!

Rt if you agree

— Anurag (@Anuragkukreti7) November 11, 2021

Kangana Ranaut abused millions of freedom fighters and their sacrifices today.

She is a traitor.

— Simran Waliya (@simran_waliya) November 10, 2021

#KanganaRanaut disrespected Freedom Fighters.
Le Freedom Fighters pic.twitter.com/x6vlC9Md9t

— Sourabh Sharma (@Ssourabh2001) November 12, 2021

She don’t deserve any awards
It’s stupidity।#कंगना_पद्मश्री_वापस_करो #KanganaRanaut
Shameless pic.twitter.com/1oTHEhrlE8

— Suvan Alam (@alam_suvan) November 11, 2021

This kind of art don’t deserve a PADMASHRI #KanganaRanaut #KanganaRanautDeshdrohi pic.twitter.com/ZQxiVGOma5

— ਪੰਜਾਬ ਸਿਉਂ (@punjab_singh_47) November 13, 2021

When u lick the shoe of bjp you will get this reward. #KanganaRanaut pic.twitter.com/2y0XXp99dX

— Er. Danish Akmal (@Eingneer_Dany) November 11, 2021

Majnu Bhai was always right.😎😎#KanganaRanaut #PadmaAwards #BJP #PadmaAwards #पद्मश्री #पद्मश्री_भीख_में_मिल_सकती_है_आज़ादी_नहीं pic.twitter.com/2EO8jYR0v1

— Nitesh Bhatt 🇮🇳 (@Sujanian17) November 11, 2021

The Padma Shri should be taken back from #KanganaRanaut and she should be declared a traitor, it has insulted the freedom of India and all the freedom fighters.#KanganaRanautDeshdrohi #BJP is giving #PadmaShri to those who humiliated the #freedom fighters.#KanganaRanaut pic.twitter.com/AgmKvHnGJ3

— ABID HUSSAIN (@AbidHus86891793) November 13, 2021

Padma Shri is given for spreading lies and hatred not at work in the BJP government.#KanganaRanaut#कंगना_पद्मश्री_वापस_करो pic.twitter.com/IhfJ50Ug5M

— Pukhraj Choudhary (@pukhraj_rj21) November 12, 2021

Picture and video-sharing social media application Instagram had banned her account for her incriminatory posts, deleting a post in which she called COVID-19 a “small-time flu.”

Moreover, Twitter had blocked her account for inciting violence in the previous West Bengal elections last year as well.

The tweet in question read, “This is horrible… we need super gundai to kill gundai… she is like an unleashed monster, to tame her Modi ji please show your Virat roop from the early 2000s… #PresidentRuleInBengal.”