Reacting to the information, actor Dr Chandraprakash Dwivediinformed ETimes, “At any time when an individual of Indian origin will get a prize, we have a good time it.
There are various individuals of Indian origin who have gotten the coveted awards and we’ve got celebrated all through India. Amartya Sen or just lately Mr. Banerjee. We celebrated when Rishi Sunak grew to become the prime minister of the UK. We celebrated the Indian roots of the vice President of the US, Kamala Harris. However when Akshay Kumar, who’s mainly an Indian who took citizenship for sure causes, condemned him. He took Canadian citizenship as a result of his buddy informed him to affix his cargo enterprise. However then instantly Akshay’s movies began working. There was no different motive. However what was the necessity to condemn him?”Elaborating additional, he added, “Whereas there are some actors who maintain the British passport or different overseas passport, and we don’t condemn them or oppose them. Akshay was focused due to his nationalist perspective. As a result of he has been supporting the nationwide trigger and there are some components within the society who don’t like supporting nationwide powers. And now that he has taken Indian citizenship, I would wish to see how individuals react to it.”
The actor additionally opened up about individuals trolling Akshay by calling him ‘Canada Kumar’ prior to now. “We have now labored on three initiatives collectively since 2018, and at numerous occasions we’ve got mentioned this. He’s one one that is all the time within the entrance line to rise for a nationwide trigger – be it COVID, be it another calamity or trigger however we nonetheless condemn him. Folks even condemned him saying why ought to we take donations from him for Ram Janmabhoomi temple. We have now taken donations from those that reside overseas. Ram belongs to all. Why such hatred? As a result of he’s our nationwide hero, that is why individuals need to demolish him,” he concluded.
