Naseeruddin Shah new Video stirs yet another controversy in India

Naseeruddin Shah new Video stirs yet another controversy in India

NEW DELHI - Indian Actor Naseeruddin Shah has stirred a new controversy in India with his new video clip

Earlier he had stirred a debate in Indian by saying that some people in the country had been given full independence to take law into their hands, has fired a fresh salvo by alleging that there is no place for dissent in the country.

In a new video, the veteran actor has claimed that “those who demand rights are locked away”, adding that “artists, actors, scholars and poets are stifled”. He further said, “Journalists too are being silenced”.

According to the actor, walls of hate are being constructed and innocent people are being killed in the name of religion. He further alleged that those who stand against “this injustice have their office raided and licence cancelled”.

“Is this where our Constitution in headed? Had we dreamt of a country where there is no space for dissent,” asks Shah in the video. “Where there was once law, there is now only darkness,” he added.

This comes days after the actor made a reference to the recent communal clashes in Bulandshahr, saying more importance was being to the death of a cow than a police official.

Shah had said that he was worried about his children, considering the prevailing situation in the country.