BJP leader threatens to “treat” Aamir Khan’s ‘Dangal’

Prior to its release, Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Dilwale’ had faced major negative expressions of anger from the Hindutvavadi groups; as a lash-back of Shah Rukh’s comment on the growing intolerance in India. Soon after the controversy calmed down a little, another Bollywood superstar fell to face the public’s vicious reactions after he said that the rising number of incidents which showed intolerance were indeed ‘alarming’. Now, BJP General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya has hinted that Aamir Khan’s upcoming release ‘Dangal’ will be facing the same bars as well.

“treatment to one has been done. Now it is time for the other to be treated. ‘Dangal me mangal karna hai’. You should keep this in mind. When anybody says that intolerance is rising in our society, then it makes me a little angry. Then he has to be treated. His treatment is very necessary.”- the leader said.

He earlier had marked Aamir as a ‘traitor’; however, later he surrendered to public lash-back and had to withdraw his remark.

The film is slated to release on 23rd December, 2016.

Ranjini Maitra

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