Nobody has the right to call our country intolerant: Anupam Kher

November 07, 2015 10:37

Kher will lead his 'March for India' in a short while in the national capital against the literary icons and artists returning their awards. He has invited all Indians to head to the Rashtrapati Bhawan to protest the voices being raised over "intolerance" in the country.

"Our message to the President is that India is a very tolerant country," he said.

"We are secular people, we don't believe in pseudo-secularism or selective outrage," he added.

His march comes in the wake of several filmmakers, writers and historians raising their voices against the rising intolerance and threatening the government with 'Award Wapsi' to vent their ire.

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