Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday expressed grave concern over BJP MP Yogi Adityanath’s attack on Shah Rukh Khan for his comment that there is extreme intolerance in the country.
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Shah Rukh had openly stated that there was an “extreme intolerance” in the country, saying intolerance towards creativity and religion will hurt the country.
Baba Ramdev says “If he (Shah Rukh Khan) is a true patriot, he should return all the money he earned after winning the Padma Shri to the Prime Ministers’s relief fund, in case he plans to return the award”.
Vijayvargiya, a BJP General Secretary, had tweeted on Tuesday, “Shah Rukh Khan lives in India, but his heart is in Pakistan”.
Vijayvargiya in his tweets on Wednesday while withdrawing his anti-Shah Rukh comments said that the actor would not have been more popular in India had the country been intolerant. I am saying these people are speaking in a “terrorist” language.
Shah Rukh’s wife Gauri Khan shared a snap of the superstar cutting his birthday cake at midnight in a low key affair of sorts with his family while the madness continued outside his house until the wee hours. “I retract my yesterday’s tweets”.
Further, the BJP leader said: “Today when the entire world is respecting India, talking about increase in intolerance makes the country weak in front of the world”.
Shah Rukh Khan, who came from a non-film background, does not believe that his children should follow in his footsteps to pursue a career in acting.
“Shahrukh’s father was one of the few Muslims who migrated to India and settled in Delhi after partition (in 1947)”, he said.
Raut also came softhearted on King Khan when he said that all those people who are returning their awards are Hindus, whereas Shah Rukh is not.
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BJP strongly disapproved of firebrand Hindutva leader, Mr Adityanath’s comments, terming them “uncalled for” and maintaining that they did not reflect in any way the core belief of the party or PM Narendra Modi. “I think there is growing intolerance”, he said. He said SRK is a superstar only because India is tolerant.
