New Delhi: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan was on Tuesday dubbed as "anti-nationalist" and "Pakistani agent" by senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya in an attack on him over his "extreme intolerance" comment.

Vijayvargiya, a BJP general secretary and a former state minister of Madhya Pradesh, said Shah Rukh's "soul" is in Pakistan though he lives in India, a day after the actor said there is "extreme intolerance" in the country, adding his voice to the protest against the 'climate of intolerance'.

The comments by Vijayvargiya and Sadhvi Prachi, a controversial Hindutva leader, came notwithstanding the refrain of top BJP leaders in the recent weeks that insensitive comments should be avoided by partymen.