Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh requested Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu to withdraw Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut's Padma Shri award in the wake of her remarks on India's independence.

In the official letter written to Vice President Naidu, Singh said, "Such statements are being made with the aim of humiliating the freedom fighters, bypassing the martyrdom of millions and the struggle of years. The story of every Indian who fought for freedom has been infused with patriotism in generations. Here a woman holding a Padma Shri by a crooked mentality chooses to make such anti-national statements in the greed of position and is an insult to every Indian."