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COUNTERING the protests by writers and artistes against "rising intolerance", Bollywood actor Anupam Kher on Saturday (November 7) led a march to Rashtrapati Bhavan alleging that the "award-wapsi" campaign was to defame the country by projecting a "wrong" picture of the situation.
 
"India is a very tolerant country. Some people have coined the term 'growing intolerance'. They are very few. Not every Indian thinks like that. We are secular people. We do not believe in pseudo-secularism, selective outrage or selective patriotism," Kher, who is the spouse of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Chandigarh Kirron Kher, told reporters.
 
 "We had a meeting with a lot of writers, artistes, filmmakers and they also believe that there is no intolerance in the country… This march is a symbolic gesture on part of a lot of people over here who say India is one and free of intolerance," the 60-year-old said.
        
Many filmmakers and artistes from the fraternity including Madhur Bhandarkar, Ashoke Pandit, Priyadarshan, Manoj Joshi, Abhijeet Bhattacharya and writer Madhu Kishwar joined the march to hand over a memorandum signed by more than 40 personalities including actress Raveena Tandon.
 
Bhandarkar, a National Award winner, alleged that those involved in the protest over intolerance had opposed Prime Minister Narendra Modi before he was elected, which raised questions about their intention.
 
"The projection that is happening for the past few days is very sad. The people who were against Modiji during elections are the same people who are coming out right now.
 
"The whole projection and narrative that is going abroad is wrong. It is a diverse country and of course there are incidents but we all condemn them. There is no two ways about it," he said.
 
 Kher asserted that they were not associated with any organisation or political party. "This march is led by Indians and for Indians."

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