A suitably chastised Kailash Vijayvargiya, the senior BJP leader, who said 
"Shah Rukh lives in India, but his soul is in Pakistan", has now withdrawn his remarks.


On Tuesday, he attacked the Bollywood superstar over his "extreme intolerance" comment, saying his "soul" is in Pakistan though he lives in India and also painted him as an "anti-nationalist".


The comments by Vijayvargiya, a BJP general secretary and a former state minister, came notwithstanding the refrain of top BJP leaders in the recent weeks that insensitive comments should be avoided by party men. Vijayvargiya is one of the party strategists for the Bihar assembly elections.


Vijayvargiya today said his "intent was not to hurt anybody. I retract my tweets. But had India been intolerant SRK wouldn't have been a big star. "