Don’t politicise my visit to Srinagar’s NIT: Anupam Kher

New Delhi : Bollywood veteran actor Anupam Kher, who was today stopped on way to Srinagar’s National Institute of Technology (NIT) by the Jammu and Kashmir Police, said that his visit should not be politicised as he was going there not to create problems but to give a sense of warmth to the students.
“If they say this is a law and order situation, I will say that millions of people go to the university, it’s an open place. Why should they stop me and as a citizen of this country I should be allowed to go anywhere. I am not going there to create problem. I am just going there to give them a sense of warmth,” Kher told ANI in an exclusive conversation.
“Anybody who talks in favour of things they become rhetoric and anybody who talks against the nation becomes news. I think we need to change that. It is always good to go back to Kashmir but today the purpose is different. Today the purpose is to meet the NIT Srinagar students to boost their morale. And as an individual, as an India I want to do that. We are at that time when some individual are saying things like ‘desh ki barbaadi’ etc. So, it is important to become voice of millions of Indians,” he added.
The actor further said that he would also like to meet Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to express his concern over the NIT unrest. “Sometimes things are symbolic. I believe in doing things rather than talking about it. I will also like to meet Mehbooba Mufti ji,” he said.