Let Aamir's view be heard, debated: Saeed Mirza

Panaji, Nov 24: Celebrated actor Aamir Khan's views should be heard and debated, veteran award winning director Saeed Mirza said on Tuesday, while also objecting to the host of charges being levelled against the popular actor for his comments on "a sense of growing disquiet" in India. "Look, you have points of view. Let them be heard. I heard about the statement of Aamir Khan this morning. In fact, I read about it. He has a point of view, let it be heard. We can debate it," Mirza told IANS on the sidelines of a parallel student's film festival organised by the students of the Film and Television Institute of India here.

Rahul's support to Aamir conspiracy against nation: BJP

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's endorsement of Bollywood actor-producer Aamir Khan's remarks over a rise in intolerance in the country reek of a conspiracy to defame the nation, the ruling BJP said on Tuesday. "Aamir Khan makes a comment and Rahul Gandhi supports it. It has become clear from Gandhi's comment that there is a conspiracy going on in the country to defame the nation," Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain said at a press conference. At an event here on Monday, Aamir said: "For the last six to eight months, there has been a growing despondency I would say. Kiran and I have lived all our life in India. When I sit at home and talk to Kiran, for the first time she said, 'Should we move out of India?' Now that's a very disastrous and a big comment to make to me."