Akshay Kumar who is normally trolled as ‘Canada Kumar’, admitted that he even now retains Canadian citizenship while paying taxes in India. Back again in 2019, Akshay was criticised following he applied for Canada’s citizenship and skipped voting during the Lok Sabha elections. The actor mentioned that he was thinking of relocating to Canada after his movies ended up not operating. (Also go through: Raksha Bandhan box office environment working day 2 collection)

However, this is not the very first time Akshay has opened up about his citizenship. Beforehand on Koffee With Karan 7, Karan Johar requested the actor if he will get trolled, and Akshay instantly replied that he doesn’t go online a lot. “At the most, they write about Canada. Which I will not treatment,” he added. When Karan talked about, “The trolls simply call you Canada Kumar,” Akshay replied, “Yeah Canada Kumar, Alright simply call me that.” In the course of a modern interview, Akshay asserted that he is an Indian who will always continue being so.

Speaking to Lallantop, Akshay explained, “A couple of years in the past, my films were being not operating. Almost 14-15 movies had not labored so I thought I really should almost certainly move elsewhere and function there.” He uncovered that it was a single of his friends who lived in Canada and instructed him to change. “A great deal of men and women go there for perform, but they are nonetheless Indians. So I also imagined that if future is not supporting me right here then I really should do something about it. I went there, used for it (the citizenship) and obtained it,” Akshay added.

But, he adjusted his brain after discovering accomplishment in India all over again. “I have a passport. What is a passport? It is a document used to journey from one region to one more. See I am an Indian, I pay all my taxes and fork out them right here. I have a decision to shell out it there as nicely but I fork out them in my nation. I do the job in my state. A great deal of persons say factors and they are authorized to. To them, I would just like to say that I am an Indian, and I will often be an Indian,” he more disclosed.

While Akshay’s citizenship has normally been a subject matter of discussion between people today, before the actor experienced confident that he has used for an Indian passport. Through Hindustan Situations Leadership Summit 2019, he reported, “I have now used for the passport. I am an Indian and it hurts me that I am questioned to confirm that each time.” His newest outing is filmmaker Aanand L Rai’s Raksha Bandhan.