Police complaint filed against Kangana, effigy set on fire

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ The firestorm that Kangana Ranaut kicked off with her comment that the Independence India won in 1947 was bheek, intensified on Friday with leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party and other parties demanding action against the actor even as a complaint was filed against her while some people took to the streets to burn her effigies.

There were also demands that the Padma Shri awarded to her should be taken back. Ranaut, who is often in headlines for her combative statements on issues political or otherwise, kicked off a row on Thursday by declaring that India attained ‘real freedom’ in 2014, when the Narendra Modi-led government came to power, and describing the country’s Independence in 1947 as bheek, or alms.

The actor made the controversial statement just a day after being awarded the Padma Shri. In Jodhpur, the Mahila Congress lodged a police complaint against Ranaut. Jodhpur Mahila Congress Committee president Manisha Panwar in the complaint said Ranaut insulted freedom fighters and people of the country through her statement, which falls under the ‘category of sedition.’ The police said the complaint has been taken up for inquiry.