Former BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha, who had previously been highly critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter, altered gears for his "brave, well-researched and thought-provoking" Independence Day speech on Sunday to praise him. Patna Sahib's actor-politician and former BJP lawmaker who joined the Congress in the run-up to this year's Lok Sabha elections lost from the Patna Sahib seat to Union law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. He tweeted, “Since I’m famous or infamous for calling a spade a spade, I must admit here, Hon’ble PM that your speech from the #RedFort on 15th Aug’19 was extremely courageous, well researched & thought provoking. Superb delivery of the key problems facing the country.”