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After facing severe criticisms over his comment on the rising "intolerance" in the country, actor Aamir Khan on Wednesday stated that he never said he and his wife had intentions of leaving India.
He also mentioned that he is proud to be born in India while adding that there is a deliberate effort to distort his remark.
In a statement available with the media, Khan said: " We never did (have any intention of leaving), and nor would we like to in the future. Anyone implying the opposite has either not seen my interview or is deliberately trying to distort what I have said. India is my country, I love it, I feel fortunate for being born here, and this is where I am staying."
This comes after the 50-year-old had said : “I feel there is a sense of insecurity, there is a sense of fear... I think in the last 6 months...8 months, there has been a growing sense of despondency...Kiran and I have lived all our lives here...for the first time Kiran says we will move out of India...it is a very disastrous and a big statement for Kiran to make to me....She fears for her child...she fears what the atmosphere around us will be...she feels scared to open the newspapers everyday. So that does indicate that there is sense of growing disquiet, there is a sense of growing despondency...So that sense does exist in me to be quite honest.”
Besides several criticisms, a sedition case has been filed in a Kanpur court against the actor for his comment on the growing "intolerance" in the country.
Reports said the case, filed by a local lawyer in the Kanpur sessions court is expected to be heard on December 1.
It has been alleged in the court that the actor tried to divide the country with his statement on intolerance at the Ramnath Goenka Awards for Journalism on Monday.
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