Akshay Kumar Gives Thumbs-Up to Tricolour Being Hoisted in Varsities

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has hailed the decision to hoist the national flag in all central universities in the country, saying the tricolour inspires Indians to soar high and reach new heights.

On Twitter, the actor expressed his opinion about the human resource development ministry’s directive to all central universities in the country to fly the national flag.

Totally with d decision of d Tricolour being hoisted at all Central Universities & why nt it brings out d best in us,inspires us 2 soar high

— Ranjit Katiyal (@akshaykumar) February 19, 2016

Totally with the decision of the tricolour being hoisted at all central universities and why not it brings out the best in us, inspires us to soar high.

The decision to have the national flag atop all the varsities came on Thursday at the meeting of vice chancellors of central universities chaired by HRD Minister Smriti Irani.

Akshay has featured in a number of films with a patriotic message. His last Bollywood outing, Airlift, revolved around the evacuation of Indians from Kuwait during the 1990 Iraq-Kuwait war.