Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar is in the news these days for his upcoming film Rakshabandhan. This film of Akshay Kumar is also going to be released on the day of Rakshabandhan on August 11 this year. Amidst the promotion, there is also a demand to boycott Akshay Kumar’s film ‘Raksha Bandhan’ on social media. #boycottrakshabandhan was trending on Twitter. In the midst of all this, Akshay Kumar has changed his DP on Twitter.
Akshay Kumar changed his DP on Twitter
In fact, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday appealed to the people of the country to put the tricolor on their profile picture on social media from August 2 to 15 as part of the ‘Har Ghar Tirang’ campaign. After the appeal of the Prime Minister, Akshay Kumar changed his DP on Twitter to the tricolor. Along with this, Akshay Kumar also tweeted and wrote, “The time has come to celebrate the Amrit Mahotsav of 75 years of independence. It is time to proudly wave #HarGharTirange.”
Akshay Kumar trolled for hoisting the tricolor
However, Akshay has come under the target of trolls for putting the tricolor on DP in the midst of Boycott Raksha Bandhan. Users say that Akshay Kumar has changed his DP due to fear. One user commented, “Dekh rahe ho Binod kaise movie release se pehle deshbhakti dikhaee ja rahi hai.” While another user wrote, “Masterstroke by modiji… Even Canadian citizens are celebrating azadi ka amrut mohtsav.”
A user tweeted, “A man who rejected Indian citizenship is preaching patriotism. Fraud.” Another user tweeted, “Release se phle kabhi Hindu ban jaate ho Kabhi Indian Ek Duggal Saab to ap mein bhi hai.”
Check out some of the tweets:
Why are people boycotting ‘Rakshabandhan’?
Actually, the biggest reason for boycotting Akshay Kumar’s film ‘Rakshabandhan’ is the writer of the film, Kanika Dhillon. Kanika’s old tweets are becoming fiercely viral, due to which people are calling her anti-Hindu. This is the reason why people are raising the demand to boycott Rakshabandhan.