Agree with Kangana’s remarks on Independence: Actor Gokhale

New Delhi: Veteran actor  Vikram Gokhale on Sunday  said he agreed with actor  Kangana Ranaut’s recent  remark that the Independence India attained in 1947  was a “bheekh” (alms), adding that he also supported  Ranaut’s statement that  India got “real freedom in  2014”.

Speaking on the sidelines  of an event organised by  Bramhan Mahasangh in  the city to honour Gokhale  on his 75th birthday, the actor said, “I agree with what  Kangana has said. We got  freedom in alms. The fighters who wanted to snatch  it from the British were  hanged and the bigwigs at  that time did not attempt to  save them.”

Gokhale later told the Indian Express: “I also agree  with what Ranaut said  that we got real freedom in  2014.”

Gokhale, though, said he  was not a blind supporter  of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “When PM  Modi and Home Minister  Amit Shah go on election  campaign, I don’t agree  with what they say. But yes,  when they work in national  interest, like how they put  China on the backfoot, I  support them. -(PTI)