*Veteran Bollywood actor, Naseeruddin Shah criticised the Indian governmentled by PM Narendra Modi over its silence over hate-speech and calls forMuslim genocide by extremist Hindu organizations.*
In his latest interview for an Indian publication, legendary actorNaseeruddin Shah, called out the Modi government for their silence overethnic cleansing and Muslim genocide taking place in the ‘democratic’ountry.
In the agonizing interview with ace journalist, Karan Thapar, the71-year-old actor warned that if attempts are made for Muslim genocide andethnic cleansing, Indian Muslims are going to fight back.
Speaking of retaliation from Muslims, Shah said, “If it comes to thecrunch, we will fight back. If it comes to that, we will. We are defendingour homes, our family, our children”.
While responding to a statement about members of Dharma Sansad regardingthe Haridwar hate speech event, he remarked, “I wonder if they know whatthey are talking about? 200 million are going to fight back. We belonghere. We were born here and we will live here”.
He warned that the whole scenario could lead to a civil war in the country.
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Thapar asked the distinguished actor about how he feels being a Muslimindividual in the current state of the country, to which he stated,“Muslims are being marginalized and made redundant”.
“They are in the process of being reduced to second-class citizens, and itis happening in every field”, he added.
Furthermore, he claimed that these events are attempted to threaten theMuslims, making them feel insecure. “We should not be scared, and we mustnot admit this is frightening us”, he announced.
About the silence maintained by Prime Minister Modi, “he doesn’t care, atleast you cannot accuse him of being a hypocrite”, the award-winning actorsaid.
