Breaking his silence on the raging debate over acts of intolerance, Bollywood actor Aamir Khan on Monday expressed “alarm” and despondency over the rise in such cases “in the last six to eight months” and his wife Kiran Rao even suggested that they should probably leave the country.

Speaking at an awards function on Monday, Khan said: “When I chat with Kiran at home, she asks, should we move out of India? That’s a disastrous and big statement for Kiran to make. She fears for her child. She fears what the atmosphere around us will be…That does indicate that there is this sense of growing disquiet, there is growing despondency apart from alarm.”

Snapdeal starts Receiving 1 Star Ratings:

While politicians are battling in favor vs. against, Snapdeal is facing the brunt of Aamir’s statement. Personal views of a celebrity affected the credibility of a brand associated with it.

The Snapdeal app is being bombarded with one-star ratings and anti-Aamir comments. Asking Snapdeal to remove Aamir as the brand ambassador.

Other than the reviews on play store, the outrage has also come out in tweets.

Some of the comments include:

No Deal with Snapdeal bcoz Gaddar Aamir is there !!!!

Uninstalled your app in protest of your brand ambassador Aamir khan

Please tell your brand ambassador to apologize for his remark on India being Intolerant

uninstalled the app we love you snapdeal but not your ambassador AK i will return when snapdeal kick him out so sorry won’t purchase please everyone boycott these type of antiindians

I don’t want to do any purchase on Snapdeal as long as Amir Khan is your brand ambassador

Aamir was signed as the Snapdeal brand ambassador at a whopping amount of Rs. 15-20 crores in May this year, and he was last performing the brand ambassador duty in a Diwali ad for TVC.

Watch the Diwali ad here:

While Snapdeal has resisted commenting on the issue, the irony that this event proves that India is intolerant, is probably lost on the protestors.