Never denied I hold Canadian passport: Akshay

May 03, 2019 17:09

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has responded to the questions he has been facing about his nationality.

In a Twitter post on Friday, he wrote that he is a tax-payer In India and intends to make the country stronger and stronger.

Kumars post says that the negativity surrounding his citizenship is unwarranted and that he does not need to prove his love for the nation. He also stated that even though he holds a Canadian passport, he has not visited the nation in past seven years.

Kumar added that he intends to contribute to nation building in every way possible and that he loved the country, no matter what people say about his citizenship.

The issue emerged when Akshay faced flak from netizens for not casting his vote when his wife, actress-turned-author Twinkle Khanna, was spotted without him at a polling booth among many other Bollywood celebrities who turned out for voting.

Recently, he was also in news for sitting with Modi for a non-political interview.

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