MUMBAI: Indians trolled Bollywood legend Naseeruddin Shah on Twitter for his comments during the book launch of former Pakistani foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri.
The 66-year-old actor said he was left “dejected” with the way the incident was reported as the “pertinent points” raised by other intellectuals who were present at the event was ignored but what he said was picked on and “misstatements” were made.
Speaking at the launch event of Kasuri’s book – Neither a Hawk nor a Dove – in Mumbai, Shah denied this claim. “I went to Pakistan several times but never has a performance been disrupted, disturbed or even threatened. I have never had to carry any security,” Hindustan Times quoted him as saying.
Legendary actor said that he does not need to justify his patriotism to anyone. “I do not need to justify anything. I do not need to prove my patriotism to anybody,” said.
Earlier, Hindu extremist group Shiv Sena’s workers attacked the organiser of former Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri’s book launch in Mumbai.
The chairman of Observer Research Foundation (ORF) Sudheendra Kulkarni, who is orangising Khurshid Kusuri’s book launch in India, said that the Shiv Sena workers threw black ink at his face for organising the book launch.
“As soon as I stepped out of my house and got into my car, around 8-10 Shiv Sena workers attacked me and threw ink on my face,” Kulkarni told an Indian news agency.
He said the book launch will be held as scheduled despite threats from Shiv Sena.
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