Will not apologise for comments about Periyar rally: Rajinikanth
January 21,2020Southern superstar Rajinikanth on Tuesday categorically refused to
apologise for his comments about a 1971 rally led by rationalist E.V.
Ramasamy 'Periyar', which has not gone down well with the Dravidian
movement leader's followers.
Rajinikanth's comments came during the 50th anniversary function of the Tamil magazine "Thuglak" last week.
At
the Thuglak function, Rajinikanth said that 'in 1971 naked images of
Lord Rama and Sita were allegedly displayed in a rally led by Periyar in
Salem'. He said that whatever happened in that rally was reported by
the media at that time.
The followers of the social activist and
politician who started the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam
and is known as the 'Father of the Dravidian Movement', had said the
superstar's comments were an insult to Periyar.
While speaking
to reporters here Rajinikanth showed some photocopies of the media
reports in support of his comments and said that he will not apologise.
The
Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam (DVK) last week registered a complaint
with the Coimbatore police against Rajinikanth for defaming the Dravida
Kazhagam (DK) fourder.
The DVK complained that Rajinikanth's statement was false and urged the police to file a case against him.
The DVK also threatened protests outside the theatres showing the actor's latest movie "Darbar" if he did not apologise.