Gandhi Ashram inmates Dhimant Badhiya, Shailesh Rathod and Hemant Chauhan have demanded that strict action be taken against actor Kangana Ranaut for badmouthing the freedom struggle and insulting not only Mahatma Gandhi but all freedom fighters and the entire nation. The trio have submitted a letter in this regard to Ahmedabad Police authorities,
Kangana Ranaut has recently said that India’s independence of 1947 was not freedom but “bheekh” (alms) and it was only after Narendra Modi’s ascension to power in 2014 that India got freedom.
The three Ashramwasis have demanded an FIR and imposition of sedition charge against Ranaut. Her statements have insulted freedom fighters and Gandhians across the country who fought for Indian independence, they said. They have also stated that their forefathers have made sacrifices during the freedom struggle and Ranaut’s statements have hurt their sentiments. Dhimant Badhia’s grandfather was one of the participants of the Dandi Yatra with Mahatma Gandhi.
Badhiya and others have given an application to Ahmedabad police commissioner and to local Ranip police station. “ She does not deserve an honour like Padma Shri and it should be withdrawn ” he said.
