AMN /
Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said that tolerance has been genetically ingrained in Indian’s blood and asked the intellectual class should avoid generalising stray incidents which may damage the country’s image.
In Hyderabad, he said that intellectuals may condemn some of the unfortunate recent violent incidents but they should keep the country’s image in mind while doing so.
Mr Naidu advised writers to be constructive while criticising the Government and alleged that some people have undertaken malicious campaign against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Referring to the arrests made during Emergency in 1970s and killings of Sikhs after former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination, Mr Naidu said except a few writers and intellectuals like Khushwant Singh, most of them remained silent during that time.