Why brouhaha surrounding Akshay's Canadian citizenship is totally unnecessary
Akshay Kumar, who's currently facing the wrath for holding a Canadian citizenship and thus not able to vote in India, has found support in Anupam Kher and Union Minister Kiren Rijiju. Both Anupam and Kiren acknowledged the actor's love for his country and asked him to stop explaining himself. Akshay, we tell you the same. Here's why the brouhaha surrounding him is totally unnecessary.
Akshay is one of Bollywood's highest income taxpayers
Akshay, who has emerged as one of the highest paid actors last year earning $40.5 million, has remained the highest taxpayer since a long time. In 2017, he paid Rs. 29.5 crore as income tax. He was, however, displaced by veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan in 2018-19, who paid Rs. 70 crore as tax.
In 'PadMan', Akshay highlighted the need of menstrual hygiene
The 51-year-old actor, an open admirer of PM Narendra Modi, has done several socially relevant films off late, like Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, PadMan. He was in fact lauded by Modi himself for Toilet: Ek Prem Katha. In PadMan, apart from chronicling a real man's life, Akshay also highlighted the need for menstrual hygiene in Indian women, which is still a taboo.
Akshay has done close to ten films themed on patriotism
Akshay, whose father was an Army officer, has done almost close to ten films like Rustom, Airift, Baby, Gabbar is back, themed on patriotism and love for one's nation. He did a film called Sainik, co-starring Ashwini Bhave and Anupam Kher, where he played an Army officer and how his supposed death impacts his family. That was pretty early in his career.
Bharat Ke Veer, donation to martyrs, was Akshay's idea
Did you know Bharat Ke Veer, through which donations made directly goes to the martyred soldiers' families, was actually Akshay's idea, who realized that donations profits just the middlemen? This was also noted by Kiren, who tweeted, "The way you (Akshay) generated funds for our martyrs through #BharatKeVeer program will remain an example." The initiative was launched by Union Minister Rajnath Singh.
He requested Sushma Swaraj to evacuate Indians from war-torn Sudan
In March 2017, Akshay gave a stunning Rs. 9 lakh each to the families of CRPF jawans, who were martyred in a Naxalite surprise attack in Chhattisgarh. He has also helped in the evacuation of Indians stuck in war-torn South Sudan, and had even requested External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to take speedy measures for evacuation of Indians stuck in Juba, South Sudan.
Akshay set up insurance scheme for stunt performers of Bollywood
Apart from these, Akshay, who does his own stunts, has always expressed his concern for the poor treatment meted out to the stunt performers in Bollywood. In 2016, he also wrote an open letter regarding this. A year later, he and renowned surgeon Dr. Ramakanta Panda came up with an extensive insurance scheme that would help almost 380 stunt performers have a secure future.
Voting alone can't determine one's love for the nation
This list isn't even exhaustive. Akshay has done much more for India and Indians, through his films, tweets and actions. So stop trolling him now. Voting should, of course, be exercised by every Indian living in the country, but that alone cannot determine your patriotism.
