Time and again, Akshay Kumar has been trolled for holding Canadian citizenship, especially when he promotes national causes. Recently, the actor was asked about the same where he shared that, despite holding a Canadian passport, he pays his taxes in India.
In an interview with a news portal, Akshay shared that, ‘is an Indian, from India, and will always remain so’. He revealed that he got his Canadian citizenship at a time when his films flopped and he was thinking about moving to Canada “A few years ago, my films were not working. Almost 14-15 films had not worked so I thought I should probably move elsewhere and work there.”
Akshay had made this decision, when one of his Canadian friends suggested him to move if he wasn’t finding success in India since a lot of people move there to work. Hence Akshay had considered moving there but soon after getting his citizenship he gained success with his films again and decided to stay back.
When asked about paying his taxes in India while holding a Canadian passport he said, “I have a passport. What is a passport? It is a document used to travel from one country to another. See I am an Indian, I pay all my taxes and pay them here. I have a choice to pay it there as well but I pay them in my country. I work in my country. A lot of people say things and they are allowed to. To them, I would just like to say that I am an Indian, and I will always be an Indian.”
Akshay had previously shared that he is in the process of applying for an Indian passport.
Back in 2019, Akshay had taken to his Twitter handle to speak about his Canadian citizenship. He wrote, “I really don’t understand the unwarranted interest and negativity about my citizenship. I have never hidden or denied that I hold a Canadian passport. It is also equally true that I have not visited Canada in the last seven years.
I work in India, and pay all my taxes in India. While all these years, I have never needed to prove my love for India to anyone, I find it disappointing that my citizenship issue is constantly dragged into needless controversy, a matter that is personal, legal, non-political, and of no consequence to others. I would like to continue contributing in my small way to the causes that I believe in and make India stronger and stronger.”
(Curtesy timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
