Actress Kangana Ranaut is facing harsh backlash over her recent ignorant and insulting remarks about India's freedom. During the Times Now Summit, she had stated that India's freedom in 1947 was a "bheekh" and India got its real freedom in 2014 after BJP government came to power. Soon after this statement, Kangana was brutally trolled by netizens and now the actress has announced that she would return her Padma Shri if anyone could prove her statements wrong.

Since she cannot tweet anymore, Kangana took to her Instagram stories to put her side of the narrative. She wrote, "Everything is very clearly mentioned in the same interview 1857 first collective fight for freedom… along with sacrifice of greats like Subhash Chandra Bose, Rani Laxmibai and Veer Savarkar ji. 1857 I know but which war took place in 1947 I am not aware, if someone can bring to my awareness I will give back my Padma Shri and apologise also… please help me with this.”

Justifying her statement about freedom in 2014, Kangana stated, "As far as Aazadi in 2014 is concerned, I specifically said physical Aazadi we may have had but consciousness and conscience of India was set free in 2014... a dead civilisation came alive and fluttered its wing and now roaring and soaring high ... today for the first time ... people can't shame us for not speaking in English or coming from small towns or using made in India products... everything is articulate and clear in the same interview... lekin jo chor hain unki toh jalegi ... koi bujha nahi sakta (those who have a guilty conscience will feel the burn, nothing can be done about it) ... Jai Hind.”