Director Subhash Ghai joins the intolerance debate, says issue more political than social

Written By DNA Web Team | Updated: Nov 30, 2015, 07:15 PM IST

Subhash Ghai took to Twitter to share his opinions on the raging topic.

Filmmaker Subhash Ghai feels the debate on intolerance is more political in nature than social. Ghai took to Twitter to make his point, saying, the people of the country, including the poorest, have been tolerant.

Ghai is the latest Bollywood celebrity to join the ongoing debate on intolerance in India. While superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan admitted the issue exists, stars like Anupam Kher and Ram Gopal Varma questioned its existence. Ghai also shared a link leading to his Facebook page on the micro-blogging site to explain his opinion.

India is most tolerant country living in hardship For decades. Still celebrating every festival n occasions... https://t.co/m8wAuzFUon
— Subhash Ghai (@SubhashGhai1) November 29, 2015

finally we can see today that intolerance is more of political issue than a social issue where 124cr people including poorest been tolerant
— Subhash Ghai (@SubhashGhai1) November 30, 2015

So finally truth has come out today that intolerance is more of a political farce than a social or communal... https://t.co/vPsWkI1fMB
— Subhash Ghai (@SubhashGhai1) November 30, 2015

This was his Facebook post:

So finally truth has come out today that intolerance is more of a political farce than a social or communal issue where...
Posted by Subhash Ghai on Monday, November 30, 2015

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