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Sena also said, “Politicians should not bring in Shah Rukh over the tolerance and intolerance issue only because he is a Muslim”. They called for him to go to Pakistan even as their own party officially denied sharing their sentiment.

“Writers, historians and people like Shah Rukh Khan who are trying to tamper India’s image, their deeds fall in the category of treason”, he added. “How banal and silly is that”.

Notable among these are tweets from Anupam Kher, whose wife Kirron is the BJP MP from Chandigarh. India is about to become a member of the United Nations Security Council. “All forces opposing India including Pakistan are conspiring against it”. “I want Modi to answer on this intolerance”, he screamed while addressing his supporters.

Shah Rukh’s wife Gauri Khan shared a snap of the superstar cutting his birthday cake at midnight in a low key affair of sorts with his family while the madness continued outside his house until the wee hours.

Adityanath said “so-called writers and artistes” had taken an anti-India stand by returning their national awards over alleged growing intolerance, and that Shah Rukh Khan had now added his voice to this group.

Controversial BJP MP Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday compared Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan to Pakistani terrorist and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed, in the third attack by a saffron leader against the actor’s “extreme intolerance” comment, sparking condemnation.

Hindutva leader Sadhvi Prachi yesterday termed the 50-year-old actor a “Pakistani agent”.

“By talking about returning the awards (including Padma Shri) he has committed treason”.

Pushed on a defensive not long after party chief Amit Shah had warned a few party leaders against making controversial statements in the wake of the Dadri lynching and beef row, BJP leaders also referred to Union minister Prakash Javadekar’s condemnation of Vijarvargiya’s comments to make it clear that the party did not approve of them. “He is a national icon and we are “proud” of him”, he tweeted.

Musician Vishal Dadlani also supported SRK and posted: “He loves India more than most!”

“If there was any kind of intolerance in the country, he wouldn’t have been one of the top superstars in India”.