India, Oct. 29 -- Union Minister Kiren Rijiju launched a scathing attack on Naseeruddin Shah, labelling him a "dangerous urban dimagi naxal" and a "subversive intellectual" after the 76-year-old actor released a video backing protesting university students. The video posted on Facebook on Tuesday showed Shah came out in support of Jamia Millia Islamia students, who have been protesting for the restoration of the students' union, and called himself a "dimagi naxal".

He also accused the central Government of trying to destroy the education system and break the "courage of the country's youth". Shah was also wearing a "dimagi naxal" pin that he showed to the camera. Hitting back, Rijiju, minister for minority affairs, in a post late Wednesd...