Criticism of the head of Kinnar Akhara on Kangana’s remarks on the country’s independence. Allahabad News – Times of India

Prayagraj: Controversy over the statement made by film actress Kangana Ranaut that the country’s independence in 1947 was “alms” and India got “real independence only in 2014”, refuses to die down. Acharya Mahamandaleshwar of Kinnar Akhara, Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, who reached Prayagraj on Monday, termed Kangana Ranaut’s statement as “wrong” and said that she should apologize to the country and take back her statement.
The head of the Kinnar Akhara said that such a statement regarding the independence of the country is an insult to democracy and the Constitution. “How many great freedom fighters of the country shed their blood, participated in satyagraha and sacrificed everything in their lives so that the country can be free from the slavery of the British. Thus, the statement of film actress Kangana Ranaut of the freedom fighters of the country It is an insult,” Tripathi said.
Tripathi said it was not appropriate to use derogatory or derogatory words about the country’s independence, whether intentionally or unintentionally, and termed Kangana’s statement as “seditious”. No one has the right to make such statements just to “create hype”.
“Everyone had fought together for the freedom struggle, whether they belonged to Congress, Left, Sangh or right wing ideology. Everyone has equal contribution in freeing this land from British Raj.
Tripathi also said that in a democracy everyone has the right to exercise freedom of expression and political rhetoric can also be made, but the country’s independence was not linked to the prism of the government or any political party formed earlier or later. and can be seen. 2014. Kinnar Akhara Pramukh also said that since 2014, there has been BJP government in the country at the Center and in many states which is a positive thing and added that the same can be said for most of the governments formed since independence . Country.
Meanwhile, the Kinnar Akhara has welcomed bringing back the statue of ‘Maa Annapurna’ from Canada after nearly 108 years. “The statue will be installed near Baba Kashi Vishwanath in Varanasi. Tripathi said that the Kinnar Akhara welcomes such efforts and the British Museum is full of artifacts related to our heritage. Similarly, many other idols are kept in foreign museums and should also be brought back,” Tripathi said.
On this occasion, Acharya Mahamandaleshwar also led the procession taken out by the Rashtriya Sanatan Sena. He said that Kinnar Akhara is with all those institutions which are working for the progress of the country.

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