BJP candidate Kangana Ranaut faced heavy social media backlash after claiming in an interview that Subhash Chandra Bose was India's first Prime Minister. Trolls inundated her with criticism, prompting one user to share a screenshot of Bose's Azad Hind government formation on October 21, 1943, retorting, "Joke's on you." Ranaut defended herself, asserting Bose declared himself as the first Prime Minister and dismissing critics' calls for education. She further emphasized her role as writer, actor, and director of the movie "Emergency," centered on the Nehru family. Ranaut's remarks ignited a heated debate, with supporters and detractors clashing over historical accuracy.
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Congress leader Supriya Shrinate also shared Kangana s statement and wrote, "Don t take her lightly - she will go ahead in the list of BJP leaders". Kangana was once widely trolled when she claimed that India got real independence after Modi was elected as the prime minister of the country in 2014. Kangana Ranaut was named as one of 111 candidates for the Lok Sabha polls by the BJP on 24 March.
Kangana Ranaut, BJP's Lok Sabha pick from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi, shared the screenshot of a news article that said Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose formed a government of Azad Hind in Singapore and declared himself the first Prime Minister.
Actor-politician Kangana Ranaut kicked up a row with her statement about the first Prime Minister of India. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose formed the Provisional Government of Azad Hind in Singapore in 1943, four years before India's Independence in 1947. He was also its Prime Minister.