Mumbai: Bollywood king Shah Rukh Khan has once again come under attack from extremist Hindus. The hashtag "Boycott Shah Rukh Khan" is trending on Twitter India.
Bollywood king Shah Rukh Khan, being a Muslim, is often targeted by extremist Hindus. Although millions of people in India love King Khan immensely, there are some extremists who hate Shah Rukh Khan just because he belongs to the Muslim religion.
A hate campaign against Shah Rukh Khan has been going on on Twitter India since this morning and the hashtag "Boycott Shah Rukh Khan" is trending.
According to an Indian website, the campaign was started by Arun Yadav, the state in-charge of information technology department of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of Haryana, by tweeting against Shah Rukh Khan and his films and in the tweet "Boycott Shah Rukh Khan". Used the hashtag. Arun Yadav wrote in his tweet that he boycotts Shah Rukh Khan's films.
The campaign gained momentum on Twitter when an old video of Shah Rukh Khan started circulating in which he praised the Pakistani cricket team and called the Pakistani T20 players the best players and champions in the world.
Pakistani Players Are The Best Player in the World. They are the Champions !
— 🇮🇳 (@IBeingPratik1) September 16, 2021
There’s Extreme Intolerance in India !
This Guy @iamsrk Is Pro Pakistani & He Has Proved it Many Times. #BoycottShahRukhKhanpic.twitter.com/kprhwso5Ng
After that, many people became part of this hashtag and started tweeting against Shah Rukh Khan. An old photo is also going viral on Twitter in which Shah Rukh Khan is looking at the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan.
BJP leader Arun Yadav retweeted several tweets against Shah Rukh Khan on his account and also retweeted some tweets in which Shah Rukh Khan is supporting Pakistan and started telling people that Shah Rukh Khan , Boycott Salman Khan and Aamir Khan.
Retweet 🚩#BoycottShahRukhKhan pic.twitter.com/QBZ7F4b1Nx
— Sandeep Panwar (@Sandeep01104317) September 16, 2021
In the same trend, people started criticizing Shah Rukh Khan's upcoming film "Pathan" and people started objecting to the name of the film, if it is a spy action movie then why the name of the film is Pathan.
However, while the boycott is trending Shah Rukh Khan's hashtag on Twitter, King Khan's fans also came on the field and about an hour after this hashtag, the hashtag "We love Shah Rukh Khan" started trending. In which King Khan's fans shared his good things and said that Shah Rukh Khan is not only a good actor but also a good person.
The only Indian actor with the maximum number of doctorates for his Charity work and the only Indian actor to receive the UNESCO award for charity❤ Bharat ki Shaan, Shah Rukh Khan
— SRK'sDiwani (@SrksDiwani) September 16, 2021
SRK PRIDE OF INDIA#WeLoveShahRukhKhan pic.twitter.com/EvUo2RnHWf
It should be noted that even before this, Shah Rukh Khan, being a Muslim, has been a target of Hindu extremists. About two years ago, after the Pulwama attack, extremist Hindus accused Shah Rukh Khan of sending Rs. 450 million to Pakistan.
Shah Rukh has got love from all over the world
— FARAZ INDIA WALE (@Farazindiawale1) September 16, 2021
SRK PRIDE OF INDIA #WeloveShahRukhKhan pic.twitter.com/lLpm5G5vND