Shah Rukh Khan remarks came post Enforcement Directorate notice: Meenakshi Lekhi

Amidst the attack on Shah Rukh Khan by saffron leaders over his “growing intolerance” remarks, BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi claimed he had aired such views following an “Enforcement Directorate notice” even as her party distanced itself from similar comments by Yogi Adityanath.

Ms Lekhi also termed “illiterate” all who have spoken out and returned awards over claims of “growing intolerance” in the country and said they were “patronised (sic)” under Congress’s tenure.

“I want the world to know that he (Shah Rukh) received an ED notice on October 26 and India became intolerant on the 1st or 2nd of November,” Ms Lekhi said on the sidelines of an event here.

“And, when it comes to intolerance, then probably they are those illiterate people who do not know what the history of the country had been under Congress rule,” she said.

Ms Lekhi said that if it was not for the ED, then why had Shah Rukh not spoken out when there were talks of “ousting Tasleem Nasrin from the country or when Rushdie’s book was banned”. “He should raise his voice on the anniversary of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and the Mirchpur or Gohana incidents. Several such incidents happened when Congress was in power but then they were mum,” she said. She also sought to justify MP Adityanath’s remarks comparing SRK to LeT’s Hafiz Saeed, asking “who will tolerate” the sort of statements that were made.

“Their intentions are not clear from these statements. No Indian citizen has any liking for Saeed and when they don’t have any liking, then are the audience of these people in other countries