Mumbai: Imran Hashmi’s hue and cry over communalism in Mumbai when allegedly been denied a house he wanted to buy in the up-market Pali Hill area seems to be a farce.
Superstar Salman Khan rebuffed Hashmi’s claim in his characteristic drawl, saying, "Imran Hashmi would not have been Emraan Hashmi if Mumbai was not secular." Salman Khan further said, "If communalism existed then Salman Khan would not have been Salman Khan, Aamir not Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh not Shah Rukh Khan."
"Injustice may have happened to others, but it has not happened to us. I have always got love and support from all quarters," an upbeat Salman said, which made Emraan’s allegations appear light and trifle.
Moreover, the housing society in Pali Hill has rebuked the actor for making a mountain out of a molehill. The representatives of the society said that they had not promised to sell the house to him. "I am sorry about the ‘tamasha’ but the society had not promised a house to the actor and he has unnecessarily created an issue out of nothing," a representative said.
On Friday, the actor, who was not given a ‘No Objection Certificate’ (NOC), blamed housing society in Pali Hill for hiding the real reason for its refusal.
"This has political connotations, so they don`t want to talk about it openly. Yesterday (Thursday), they told me that I can`t get the NOC. I asked them why aren`t you giving me the certificate -- am I a criminal, or a terrorist or have I done anything illegal? It is strange that they don`t tell you on your face that you can`t get a house because you are a Muslim. It would have been easier if they would have told me openly. What they told me is that they can`t allow me to live there because I am a serial kisser and my presence will have a bad influence on the children staying there."
"Being a celebrity if I`m facing problems in buying a house here, I wonder what kind of problems others would have been facing. All the time we are talking about secularism but with such incidents what secularism are people talking about?" asked the actor.
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