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Shiv Sena Unleashes Bile On Aamir Khan; Offers Reward To Anyone Who 'Slaps' Him

Shiv Sena Declares Reward For Anyone Who Slaps Aamir Khan
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Indian Bollywood actor Aamir Khan looks on during a match at the Maharashtra Chess League (MCL) in Mumbai on May 23, 2015. AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images)

That the Shiv Sena has been riled up over Aamir Khan's recent remarks over intolerance in India should come as no surprise to anybody who knows even a little bit about how the famously right-wing political party functions. Yet, they frequently manage to exceed themselves.

The Punjab wing of the Sena has offered a monetary reward to anyone who "slaps" Aamir Khan, for his comments on intolerance in New Delhi. "We give an opportunity to the manager and employees of the hotel," said Rajeev Tandon of the organisation's Punjab unit, "and also the team of his film to slap Aamir and get Rs 1 lakh from us. The courageous and patriotic persons who will slap Aamir Khan in Ludhiana will get Rs 1 lakh reward per slap from us."

However Aditya Thackeray, the president of the party's youth wing, has said that the Sena doesn't endorse its Punjab wing's move.

The Shiv Sena Party has clearly stated today that it has absolutely nothing to do with the statement of offer of the slapping and so on.

— Aaditya Thackeray (@AUThackeray) November 26, 2015

On Wednesday, the Sena launched a bilious attack on the 50-year-old movie star. IANS reported that the Sena, in their editorial mouthpiece Saamna, called Khan "a self-appointed mullah" who had paid no heed to all the love and affection showered on him by the country even though he "poked fun at Hindu religious sentiments through his blockbuster movie PK."

Senior Sena leader Ramdas Kadam, who is Maharashtra's Environment Minister, went one step further by referring to Khan as a "snake". He told The Hindu: “He was a celebrated actor till now. But now it seems that we handed over milk to a snake. If he does not want to stay here, he can go to Pakistan.”

Even Home Minister Rajnath Singh, couldn't resist a barb on Khan, in his address to Parliament. "(BR Ambedkar) had to go through condemnation, insult and barbs, but he controlled his emotion and put forth and took an objective view for India," the Home Minister said, opening a special discussion on the Constitution in Parliament "Dr Ambedkar never wanted to leave the country despite all the insults he faces," he added.

The Winter Session of Parliament began on Thursday with a two-day special sitting to celebrate Constitution Day to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Dr Ambedkar.

Singh's comments come two days after Aamir Khan had spoken of instances of intolerance in the country.

At a journalism-awards ceremony in Delhi on Monday, Khan had said, "When I chat with Kiran at home, she says, 'should we move out of India?' That's a disastrous and big statement for Kiran to make. She fears for her child. She fears what the atmosphere around us will be. She feels scared to open the newspapers every day. That does indicate that there is this sense of growing disquiet, there is growing despondency apart from alarm."

As several have pointed out by now, isn't such a reaction actually proving Khan right?

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Bal Thackeray, popularly known as 'Balasaheb', was the founder and president of the Shiv Sena Party. Photograph taken in Bombay on February 7, 1967. (credit:BCCL)
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Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray addresses a mammoth gathering of his followers atop a truck near the Jahangir Art Gallery off the Council Hall in Bombay, before proceeding to meet the Chief Minister V.P. Naik. On the roof of the truck is a garlanded bust of Shivaji. Photographed around 1969. (credit:BCCL)
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As the car carrying Deputy Prime Minister Morarji Desai speeds past demonstrating Shiv Sena followers at Mahim in Bombay, a demonstrator tries to block the way. An SRP constable is flung on to the bonnet of the car as he tries to disperse the crowd on February 7, 1969. (credit:BCCL)
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Shiv Sena supremo Balasaheb Thackeray (centre) discussing power politics in Maharashtra during a meeting with his party comrades Manohar Joshi (left) and Dattaji Salvi (right), in Bombay on March 15, 1970. (credit:BCCL)
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Balasaheb Thackeray's wife Meena Thackeray (left) and leader of the opposition in Bombay Municipal Corporation Manohar Joshi's wife (back to camera) urge Shiv Sainiks to disperse, near Dadar railway station, during Bombay bandh on March 2, 1970. (credit:BCCL)
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Shiv Sena leaders - Manohar Joshi, Meenatai Thackeray, Nirmala Bhosle, Sarla Gadkari and Sudhir Joshi along with Party activists campaigning for Shiv Sena candidate in Bombay Central Parliamentary constituency for Lok Sabha elections. Photographed around 1971. (credit:BCCL)
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A ration shop at Suparibagh road in Parel, Bombay, is forcibly opened by Shiv Sena members with police protection following a call for strike by Retail Grain Dealers' Association in protest against the Sena's attack on ration shops during 1973. (credit:BCCL)
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Effigies like these are put up by Shiv Sena to symbolize the evils of corruption, black marketing, hoarding and smuggling in Bombay on August 15, 1974. (credit:BCCL)
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Manohar Joshi (c) with party workers in Bombay on October 17, 1975. (credit:BCCL)
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As the Assembly poll campaign intensifies (from left) Shiv Sena party chief Balasaheb Thackeray, the Shiv Sena candidate from Mumbai North Central, Manohar Joshi, and Bhupendra Singh offer prayers during their visit to Bhai Jogasing Gurdwara, Sion-Koliwada in Bombay on December 21, 1984. (credit:BCCL)
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Balasaheb Thackeray (garlanded) wishes luck to 55th Bombay mayor and Shiv Sena leader Chhagan Bhujbal as Manohar Joshi looks on, in Bombay on May 10, 1985. (credit:BCCL)
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Shiv Sena MLC, Manohar Joshi (left) and Bharatiya Janata Party's general secretary Pramod Mahajan (centre) burning copies of the 'Talaq Bill' outside the Municipal Headquarters in Bombay on May 5, 1986. Also seen at the extreme left is Shiv Sena MLC, Sudhir Joshi (left). (credit:BCCL)
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Pakistan envoy Ashraf Jehangir Qazi meets Shiv Sena Chief leader Bal Thackeray in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Photographed sometime around 1997-98. (credit:BCCL)
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The newly-elected leader of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative assembly, Mr. Manohar Joshi, having a word with the Shiv Sena chief, Mr. Bal Thackeray, in Bombay on March 8, 1990. The mayor, Mr. Sharad Acharya, is also seen in the centre. (credit:BCCL)
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Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray addressing a rally organised by Shiv Sena at Shivaji Park in Bombay on October 29, 1990. Other prominent party leaders Pramod Navalkar, Manohar Joshi and Dattaji Salvi are also sharing the dais with Shiv Sena supremo. (credit:BCCL)
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Balasaheb Thackeray (fourth left) and BJP leader Pramod Mahajan (fourth right) flanked by six BJP and Shiv Sena Lok Sabha candidates from Bombay wave at the crowd during a party rally at Shivaji Park in Bombay on November 11, 1991. (credit:BCCL)
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