BJP leader calls Shah Rukh Khan a ‘traitor’ for picking Bangladeshi cricketer in KKR

Lucknow: Senior BJP leader and former Member of Legislative Assembly Sangeet Som branded Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan a ‘traitor, who had no right to live in the country', for including Bangladesh's Mustafizur Rahman in his his Indian Premier League (IPL) team, Kolkata Knight Riders.

Som also warned that Rahman would not be allowed to come out of the airport.

‘’Our sisters are being raped in Bangladesh... Hindus are being killed there but Shah Rukh Khan still went ahead and bought Rahman for his IPL team,’’ Som said while addressing a gathering in Meerut on Wednesday.

‘’Traitors like Shahrukh Khan should understand that he is a star only because of the people of the country,’’ he said.

‘’These things (Bangladeshi players) will not be allowed in the country,’’ he added.

Som said the actor Khan should leave the country as he had no ‘right’ to live here.

‘’There is no dearth of traitors in the country. They must be acted against else they will continue to defame and humiliate the nation,’’ the BJP leader said.

Som said that some people had been ‘encouraging anti-national’ activities through films and cricket. ‘’Such people must be identified and they must be kept under watch,’’ he said.

Shahrukh’s KKR bought Rahman for Rs 9.5 crore in the mini-auction that was held in Abu Dhabi on December 16 last year.