Actor Naseeruddin Shah has stirred a hornet’s nest with his remarks that India under the rule of the Bharatiya Janata Party had become a more polarised country with the safety of certain communities under threat. ‘In many areas we are witnessing that the death of a cow has more significance than that of a police officer. I feel anxious thinking about my children,’ he was quoted as saying in an interview.

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