Aligarh: Veteran actors Naseeruddin Shah and Aamir Khan have been called ‘traitors’ by senior leader of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Indresh Kumar.
“They may be good actors but they don’t deserve respect as they are traitors. They are like Mir Jafar and Jaichand,” Indresh Kumar said at a public event in Aligarh Monday. He also targeted Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu.
This is not the first time Naseeruddin Shah is facing the Sangh Parivar’s wrath. RSS and BJP leaders had called him a ‘traitor’ after he claimed that India has turned into a land where a cow is given more importance than a policeman, after the killing of Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh in Bulandshahr mob violence.
The Uttar Pradesh BJP chief, Mahendranath Pandey, had said, “In one of his movies, he played the role of a Pakistani agent. I think he is growing into that character now.”
Pandey was referring to Sarfarosh, a 1999 Bollywood movie that had Naseeruddin Shah playing a Pakistani spy. His performance had won him widespread critical acclaim.
The RSS leader said India needs Muslims like former president Dr A P J Abdul Kalam and not like Ajmal Kasab, the terrorist who was caught alive after the 26/11 attacks. “India doesn’t need Muslim youth like Kasab, Yakub, and Ishrat Jahan but rather those who walk on the path shown by Kalam. Those who walk on the path of Kasab will be considered only as traitors,” said the RSS leader.