No country better than India for Muslims, BJP tells Aamir Khan

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Nov 24, 2015: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday came down heavily on Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan for their comments on alleged growing ’intolerance’.

 

Addressing a press conference, BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain slammed Aamir Khan for saying he has been "alarmed" by a number of incidences and his wife Kiran Rao even suggested that they should probably leave the country.

Hitting back at the Bollywood superstar, Shahnawaz said though Aamir is free to express his views, he should also remember that it is the same country which has bestowed immense love, respect and wealth on him.

“No country is better than India for Muslims,” Shahnawaz asserted, adding, “Aamir will not get a better country than India to live and a Hindu as his neighbour.’’

“Where will one go after leaving this country, wherever in the world you go, you will find intolerance,” he added.

Reacting to Rahul Gandhi’s tweets, the BJP spokesperson said the Congress vice president should reflect on his own party’s history and advised him not to give lessons on tolerance.

Congress which has been under scanner for its role in 1984 anti-Sikh riots and many other incidences of communal violence shouldn’t advise the nation on tolerance, the BJP leader said.

Shahnawaz’s statements came shortly after Rahul said this morning that it would be better for the BJP government to stop "bullying, threatening and abusing" and instead reach out to the people.

"Instead of branding all those who question the Govt & Modiji- as unpatriotic, anti national or ’motivated’ the Govt would do better to reach out to people to understand what’s disturbing them," the Congress leader had tweeted.


The BJP spokesperson also took potshots at political parties trying to defame the BJP-led government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Citing PM’s statement in Malaysia that ’terror cannot be linked with religion’, Shahnawaz said, it is the best statement a responsible leader can give.

"A small incident happens in a country of over 100 crore people, but it is not alright to malign our ’Incredible India’ over the same," the BJP spokesperson said.

 

Courtesy: Zeenews