Bizarre, but true the Jammu and Kashmir government is gearing up to book victims of border shelling for 'sedition' following their outburst against BJP leaders for “abandoning”
Claiming that dissent and opposition to established political parties is leading to growing intolerance, the Punjab based NGO named Sikhs for Human Rights (SFHR) will organize a convention to highlight the dismal human rights conditions, arbitrary detentions and misuse of UAPA, sedition and preventive detention laws against political activists at Chandigarh on Dec 10.
Given the atmosphere in India, "intolerance" is an inadequate word to describe the "fears" under which minorities are living, author Arundhati Roy said in Pune on Saturday.
Bollywood celebrities Anupam Kher, Ramgopal Varma and Raveena Tandon have criticised Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan for his intolerance remarks.
Bollywood actor Aamir Khan today joined the debate on the growing 'intolerance' and said he has been "alarmed" by a number of incidents, and that his wife Kiran Rao even suggested that they should probably leave the country.