NEW DELHI: In a jibe on writers and artistes returning awards, finance minister Arun Jaitley came out in strong support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi , saying he was the "worst victim of ideological intolerance".Jaitley in his Facebook post said there were many in the country who never "intellectually" accepted the idea of BJP in the ruling government."While the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is trying to accelerate India’s growth, there are many who have never intellectually accepted the idea of the BJP being in power. This obviously includes the Congress, many left thinkers and activists. Over decades they have practiced ideological intolerance towards BJP,” Jaitley wrote in his Facebook post.“Since 2002, the Prime Minister himself has been the worst victim of ideological intolerance. Their strategy is two-fold. First, obstruct Parliament and do not permit reforms which will bring credit to Modi government. Second, create, by structured and organized propaganda, an environment that there is a social strife in India. They wish to project India as an intolerant society. The truth is otherwise,” the BJP leader said.Referring to the Dadri lynching episode, Jaitley said it was a stray incident that was both "unfortunate and condemnable"."The obstructers have a simple plan - if they can’t fight politically, they fight with hostile propaganda," the finance minister said."Perpetrators of this propaganda never allowed alternative viewpoints to grow in either universities, academic institutions or cultural bodies that they have controlled. Their intolerance extends to not accepting an alternative ideological pole. Dadri was a stray incident...The guilty will be taken to task. Notwithstanding such aberrations, India remains a highly tolerant and liberal society,” he wrote.