New Delhi: Opposition leaders on Monday slammed the union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar in the Parliament for his apparent jibe at Bollywood actor Aamir Khan in context of intolerance debate.
Parrikar hits back and told the opposition to see the video before jumping to any conclusions. "I would request the leaders to have a look at the video and no to go by the newspapers, let them watch and decide on their own," he said.
Parrikar's statement came after Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury questioned him, "What he (Parrikar) has said is highly objectionable, you cannot say to social boycott someone so that person is forced to retract his statement."
Congress and BSP leaders too joined hands and accused him (Parrikar) of opposing the freedom of expression.
On Sunday, a day after his comment on Khan, Parrikar had said he did not target any specific person but is against overall "unrest".
Parrikar also said that he was not opposed to the "freedom of expression, but feels that country is supreme."
While addressing reporters in Pune yesterday, the senior BJP leader had taken a veiled jibe at Khan who had earlier expressed a "sense of alarm" over "growing intolerance in country."
"One actor had said that his wife wants to live out of India. It was an arrogant statement. If I am poor and my house is small, but I have to love my house and always dream to make a bungalow out of it," Parrikar had said.
(With PTI inputs)
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