NEW DELHI – Indian Actor Naseeruddin Shah has stirred a new controversy inIndia with his new video clip
Earlier he had stirred a debate in Indian by saying that some people in thecountry had been given full independence to take law into their hands, hasfired a fresh salvo by alleging that there is no place for dissent in thecountry.
In a new video, the veteran actor has claimed that “those who demand rightsare locked away”, adding that “artists, actors, scholars and poets arestifled”. He further said, “Journalists too are being silenced”.
According to the actor, walls of hate are being constructed and innocentpeople are being killed in the name of religion. He further alleged thatthose who stand against “this injustice have their office raided andlicence cancelled”.
“Is this where our Constitution in headed? Had we dreamt of a country wherethere is no space for dissent,” asks Shah in the video. “Where there wasonce law, there is now only darkness,” he added.
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This comes days after the actor made a reference to the recent communalclashes in Bulandshahr, saying more importance was being to the death of acow than a police official.
Shah had said that he was worried about his children, considering theprevailing situation in the country.
