Kamal Haasan should be shot dead, says political leader

A member of a right-wing Hindu political party said veteran Tamil actor Kamal Haasan should be shot dead for his remarks about “Hindu terror”.

Referring to a column in a weekly magazine written by Haasan, Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha leader Ashok Sharma said people accuse Hindus of being terrorists only to “push their own biased communal agenda”.

“There is no other way to handle people like Kamal Haasan but to either hang them or shoot them dead,” Sharma said.

Members of the Mahasabha have also announced a boycott of films starring Haasan and other actors from his family, including his daughter Shruti Haasan, who acts in Hindi films. The party has also exhorted others to follow the suit and boycott films of such artists.

Haasan hit back on Saturday.

“If we question them, they call us anti-nationals and want us jailed. Now since there is no space in jails they want to shoot us and kill us,” he said addressing a group of farmers.