Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "अक्षय कुमार" in Hindi language version.
In the thick of the 2011 federal election, Stephen Harper appeared in the Indo-Canadian heartland of Ontario with a ringer. At a campaign stop in Brampton, Bollywood mega-star Akshay Kumar praised the then prime minister, danced on stage with his wife, Laureen Harper, and thrilled the audience. And at some point, the Harper government invoked a little-known law to grant the actor Canadian citizenship, circumventing the usual, stringent residency requirements for would-be Canadians, says a former Conservative cabinet minister. MP Tony Clement, who as industry minister met with Kumar in Mumbai, says the citizenship grant was just a thank you for the actor’s help in promoting Canadian tourism and trade to a huge emerging economy – not a reward for partisan support. 'Basically, he had offered to put that star power to use to advance Canada-India relations, our trade relations, our commercial relations, in the movie sector, in the tourism sector,' said Clement.
An inconvenient fact challenged Akshay Kumar's nationalist credentials: under pressure, he admitted he traded his Indian citizenship for a Canadian passport. In fact, he owns a mansion in Oakville, Ont., once said 'Toronto is my home,' and in 2011 campaigned for Canada’s own prime minister at the time, Stephen Harper. 'What’s most embarrassing is he’s involved in urging (Indian) people to go to the polls, and he doesn’t have voting rights,' said Narendra Subramanian, a McGill University political scientist.
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में तिथि प्राचल का मान जाँचें (मदद)In the thick of the 2011 federal election, Stephen Harper appeared in the Indo-Canadian heartland of Ontario with a ringer. At a campaign stop in Brampton, Bollywood mega-star Akshay Kumar praised the then prime minister, danced on stage with his wife, Laureen Harper, and thrilled the audience. And at some point, the Harper government invoked a little-known law to grant the actor Canadian citizenship, circumventing the usual, stringent residency requirements for would-be Canadians, says a former Conservative cabinet minister. MP Tony Clement, who as industry minister met with Kumar in Mumbai, says the citizenship grant was just a thank you for the actor’s help in promoting Canadian tourism and trade to a huge emerging economy – not a reward for partisan support. 'Basically, he had offered to put that star power to use to advance Canada-India relations, our trade relations, our commercial relations, in the movie sector, in the tourism sector,' said Clement.
An inconvenient fact challenged Akshay Kumar's nationalist credentials: under pressure, he admitted he traded his Indian citizenship for a Canadian passport. In fact, he owns a mansion in Oakville, Ont., once said 'Toronto is my home,' and in 2011 campaigned for Canada’s own prime minister at the time, Stephen Harper. 'What’s most embarrassing is he’s involved in urging (Indian) people to go to the polls, and he doesn’t have voting rights,' said Narendra Subramanian, a McGill University political scientist.
The sobering reminder of the entire region's often inflamed ethnic and religious violence stood in jarring contrast to Harper's next stop: a feel-good photo-opportunity in the penthouse of a pricey modern hotel with Akshay Kumar, an A-list Bollywood star and an Indo-Canadian, who brought out a huge throng of Indian media to an event promoting Canadian tourism. Harper also announced that Kumar, a black belt in karate, will be a torchbearer for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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में तिथि प्राचल का मान जाँचें (मदद)The sobering reminder of the entire region's often inflamed ethnic and religious violence stood in jarring contrast to Harper's next stop: a feel-good photo-opportunity in the penthouse of a pricey modern hotel with Akshay Kumar, an A-list Bollywood star and an Indo-Canadian, who brought out a huge throng of Indian media to an event promoting Canadian tourism. Harper also announced that Kumar, a black belt in karate, will be a torchbearer for the 2010 Winter Olympics.