Rs 1 lakh for ‘slapping’ Aamir khan

Risingbd Desk: The Punjab unit of Hindu right-wing party Shiv Sena announced a ‘reward’ of Rs 1 lakh to anyone who slaps Bollywood actor Aamir Khan for his remarks on the growing intolerance in India.

“Any person who slaps Aamir Khan will be rewarded Rs 1 lakh by the Shiv Sena. This is important because no one living in our country should dare to say anything against India… Anyone from the hotel staff or the film crew can slap him and take the reward,” Punjab Shiv Sena chief Rajeev Tandon said on Wednesday.

The announcement by Tandon came as Shiv Sena workers earlier protested near a 5-star hotel in Ludhiana where Khan and his crew have been staying during the shooting of the movie ‘Dangal’. The protesters burnt Khan’s posters and disrupted traffic outside the hotel.

Sena workers also blocked traffic in front of the hotel and shouted slogans against the actor and even burnt his photographs.

However, on Thursday, the Shiv Sena said Tandon’s statement was not the official view of the party. The party said it had nothing to do with the remark made in Ludhiana.

At an awards event in New Delhi on Monday, Aamir spoke of “growing despondency” that he said he had felt in India for the last six to eight months. “When I sit at home and talk to Kiran, for the first time she said, ‘Should we move out of India?’ Now that’s a very disastrous and a big comment to make to me,” he said.

Trying to put to rest the huge row over his comment, Khan said on Wednesday he and his wife loved India and had no intention of leaving the country. He also said that those hurling obscenities at him only prove his point about intolerance.

Source: Agencies

risingbd/DHAKA/Nov 26, 2015/Augustin Sujan