An advertisement in which Aamir Khan exhorts people not to burst firecrackers on the streets is in the eye of a controversy. A BJP MP from Karnataka, Anantkumar Hegde, on 14th October wrote to the CEAT tyre company, which has made the ad as part of a series to stress on road safety and social awareness, saying that along with raising awareness around bursting of crackers on roads, it needs to address “blocking (of) roads in the name of namaaz on Fridays and other important festive days by Muslims”. In an indirect reference to Aamir, the letter said, “Nowadays, a group of anti-Hindu actors always hurt Hindu sentiments whereas they never try to expose the wrongdoings of their community.”