News24 Bureau New Delhi:Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan faced flak from BJP leaders for his remarks on intolerance in the country, with the members of the saffron party linking his statement to a “deep political controversy”. Union minister Kiren Rijju said that Khan’s comment tarnish the image of the nation, while BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said that ‘Incredible India’ is a tolerant nation and one view does not change that, the Economic Timeswrote. BJP national spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain unleashed a counter attack on Khan saying, “Where will Aamir and his family go other than India? There is no other better country like India and no better neighbour than a Hindu for an Indian Muslim. What is the situation in Muslim countries and Europe. There is intolerance everywhere.” Aamir was however defended in equal measure by Congress and some other political parties, which said that the government should not brand its critics as unpatriotic and threaten them for “speaking the
truth”.
Shielding him from the attack, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said the government should instead of branding all those who question it and the Prime Minister as “unpatriotic, anti national or motivated” reach out to people to understand what’s disturbing them. “That’s the way to solve problems in India- not by bullying, threatening & abusing!” Gandhi said, a view that was shared by CPM leader Sitaram Yechury.
