MUMBAI: Kailash Vijaybargiya, a senior BJP leader from Madhya Pradesh, has called actor Shah Rukh Khan a "deshdrohi."

Responding to Khan’s recent remark on the growing culture of intolerance in the country, the BJP leader, in a series of tweets equated his actions to that of a traitor.

"Khan lives in India but his mind is in Pakistan. His films earn crores here but he sees India as an intolerant nation," he tweeted.

"Khan is now singing in the same tune of intolerance along with Pakistan and other anti-India forces."

This comes a day after Khan, celebrating his 50th birthday in Mumbai said he supports the artistes who have returned their awards and believes they are brave. However, he has never really been a part of something this “huge and meaningful” and he may return his Padma Shri “symbolically.”