Actor Aamir Khan speaking at the Ramnath Goenka Express Excellence in Journalism Awards in New Delhi. Actor Aamir Khan speaking at the Ramnath Goenka Express Excellence in Journalism Awards in New Delhi.

Wading into the controversy triggered by Aamir Khan’s remarks on intolerance, Samajwadi Party Mulayam Singh Yadav’s daughter-in-law Aparna Wednesday slammed the actor saying despite essaying the roles of patriots on screen, he failed to instill patriotic values in his wife.

Aparna, wife of Mulayam’s son Prateek, made updates on her Facebook page and twitter handle saying the actor has let down the people.

“Yeh satyapit ho gaya hai ki Aamir Khan sirf abhineta hai, jo ki Rang Dey Basanti aur Mangal Pandey jaise deshbhakton key kirdar nibhane key bawjood apni patni ko deshprem na samjha paye. Hamari galti hai ki aapse itni badi apeksha kari (It has been proved that Aamir is just an actor. He played roles of patriots in his films Rang De Basanti and Mangal Pandey, but failed to make his wife understand about the love for country. It is our mistake that we had such high expectations from him),” Aparna said in her post.

Aparna, who had earlier praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his Swachh Bharat campaign, signed off with the slogan, “Jai Hind Jai Bharat”.

While her office confirmed that it was Aparna who had uploaded the post, she refused to answer any queries on it.

Aparna’s comment came on a day her father-in-law Mulayam and his younger brother and UP cabinet minister Shivpal Yadav extended support to the actor.

“Everyone has a right to voice their opinion,” Mulayam told reporters in Delhi. Stating that Khan is a renowned actor and his family is afraid of the prevailing atmosphere in the country, Mulayam said the “government should talk to the actor” to understand what he is feeling.

His younger brother Shivpal said there was no need for Khan to leave the country. “Aamir Khan should come and settle down in UP. He will feel safe and will be welcomed. Our party has always lauded artists. There is no need for him to leave the country,” Shivpal said in Jaunpur on the sidelines of a private function.

Earlier, senior UP minister Azam Khan had written a three-page letter to the actor supporting his statement and urging him not to leave the country.

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