says ‘comment not pointed out at anyone specifically’
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Facing flak from different quarters over his remarks that those who speak against the nation should be punished like an “actor” and an “online company”, which was in an indirect reference to Aamir Khan, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar clarified that his words didn’t specifically pointed out at anyone.
“I am just saying that we should mount pressure, verbally condemn people who speak against nation. I didn’t specifically pointed out at anyone,” said Parrikar.
On Saturday, at a function to launch the Marathi edition of a book by journalist Nitin Gokhale, Parrikar had said “When the actor did this… then the company which he was endorsing was… an online trading company. Some of our people are very smart, I know. There was a team which was working on this. They were telling people you order and return it… The company should learn a lesson, they had to pull his advertisement.”
Parrikar did not take name but his refernce was obvious. Last November, Bollywood actor Aamir Khan said that his wife Kiran Rao wondered aloud to him whether they should move out of India, as she feared for the safety of their children in a climate of insecurity. That was the time when the issue of “rising intolerance” in India was being hotly debated, and when several artists and authors returned government awards to protest the “intolerance”.
Congress criticized Parrikar for raking up Aamir Khan’s “unpatriotic” comments from last November. Critising the comment Congress leader Rahul gandhi said RSS & Parrikarji want to teach everyone a lesson. Here’s a lesson for you: hate is the preserve of the coward and it never wins.
Congress spokesperson Randeep S Surjewala said it was a “shocking revelation” by Parrikar and showed that BJP and RSS supporters actively disrupted and sabotaged an online trading company on Aamir Khan issue.
Shekhar GuptaParrikar has only confirmed what we’ve known: use of cyber-mobs to lynch those daring to question u. Regret is a new eco startup succumbing