Chennai, March 7: Makkal
Needhi Maiam Chief and Actor Kamal Hassan today slammed BJP leader H Raja for
making objectionable comments on veteran Tamil Thinker Periyar. Expressing displeasure
over the unfortunate incident where the statue
of Periyar was vandalized by alleged BJP
member following the controversial Facebook post of BJP Leader Raja. Later, the
BJP National secretary issued a clarification on the social media comments on Periyar.
The MNM President alleged that deliberate attempts are being made to divert attention from Cauvery issue. Referring to the other developments of statue destructions in a state like Tripura, West Bengal, and UP Hassan took a jibe and said, “There is no need to deploy police for protection of Periyar Statue. We Tamilians will protect it.”
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Meanwhile, anticipating the rucks over the development Tamil Nadu BJP Chief Tamilisai Soundararajan has finally expelled the party functionary R Muthuraman for his alleged involvement in the unruly activity which triggered heavy reactions against BJP.