Swati Maliwal, the chairperson of the Delhi Commission for Women, criticised Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut for her statements on the country’s independence and requested the President of India to lodge an FIR against the actor.

Kangana Ranaut has recently received her Padma Shri award from President Ram Nath Kovind in New Delhi. Following the award, she gave a controversial statement about India’s independence while giving an interview. She described India’s independence in 1947 as ‘bheek’ or alms.

Swati Maliwal in a tweet said that Kangana Ranaut is one such woman who mocks the martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi, Bhagat Singh and other freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for attaining India’s independence. Adding further she said Kangana needs treatment, not award!

She has also written a letter to the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind to immediately withdraw the Padma Shri honour bestowed upon Ms Ranaut and also request him to register an FIR against the actor on charges of sedition.

In a letter, she further adds that her remarks demean the movements such as Dandi March, Khilafat Movement, Quit India Movement and other such protests that led to India’s independence. Continuing to this, she said that calling independence as ‘bheek’ also degrade the sacrifice of our great freedom fighters.

Congress leaders are also demanding the withdrawal of the Padma Shri award presented to her for “insulting” the country’s independence movement.

In response to Ranaut’s statements, Congress spokeswoman Gourav Vallabh said that this is what happens when people who are not deserving of Padma awards are given these honours.

Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma also demanded to take the award back. The former Union Minister in a tweet said that the Prime Minister must break his silence and inform the people if he agrees with Ms Ranaut’s viewpoints and if he doesn’t agree then the government should take proper legal action against such people.

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