There was a brief uproar in the Rajya Sabha on Monday when opposition members raised the reported remarks by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar against actor Aamir Khan.
During Zero Hour, Derek O’Brien (Trinamool) said there was a “dangerous” rise in religious fundamentalism in the country and that the government, ministers and people associated with the ruling party had been “shooting their mouths off every day”.
“Prime Minister come here and assure us that we can live in the India we know — unity in diversity,” Mr. O’Brien said.
Mr. Parrikar said he did not take anyone’s name. “What is quoted is not what I have said. I never took the name of anyone, nor threatened anyone,” he said.
