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Intolerance statement: Rahul Gandhi comes out in support of Aamir Khan

| | Nov 24, 2015, at 08:45 pm
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IBNS): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday came out in support of actor Aamir Khan whose remarks on intolerance' has triggered a fresh controversy.

Gandhi said the government should try to reach out to people to understand the issue that is disturbing them.

"Instead of branding all those who question the Govt & Modiji- as unpatriotic, anti national or 'motivated'," Gandhi tweeted.

"The Govt would do better to reach out to people to understand what's disturbing them" he said.

Gandhi said: "That's the way to solve problems in India- not by bullying, threatening & abusing!"

Aamir at an event said that he and his wife, movie director Kiran Rao had a chat where they considered leaving the nation as they deemed the present situation of the country to be too dangerous for their kids.

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