Kamal Haasan had maintained that Hindu terror was a thing - a statement that evoked public criticism from the Hindu Mahasabha
Days after a Hindu Mahasabha leader openly called for actor Kamal Haasan's murder for his comments on Hindu terror, the actor on Sunday hit back, saying that jail or murder is the fate meant for those who speak out against the present establishment.
"If we question them, they call us anti-nationals and want us jailed. Now since there is no space in jails they want to shoot us and kill us," he said addressing a group of farmers on Saturday.
Referring to the statement made by Haasan on Thursday in a column in weekly magazine Vikatan, Mahasabha vice president Ashok Sharma said these people accused the followers of Hinduism of Hindu terror only to "push their own biased communal agenda".
"There is no other way to handle people like Kamal Haasan but to either hang them or shoot them dead," he said.
Actor Kamal Haasan has been on a political spree of late. He met leaders of several political parties, including Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. He has raised his voice against the corruption in TN government and also made field visits to polluted areas in the outskirts of Chennai. His latest appearances and statements have been in support of farmers in TN.
The actor also revceived a lot of support for his statement from the Kerala CM. In a Facebook post, Vijayan said that he condemns the statements made by the Hindu Mahasabha. "Such religious fanatics & radical minds issuing murder/assassination threats should be immediately arrested by the concerned authorities and stringent legal action is needed against these persons who threatened to kill Kamal Haasan," Vijayan wrote on Facebook.
The chief minister also questioned the killers of Govind Pansare, Narendra Dhabolkar, MM Kalburgi, and journalist Gauri Lankesh, who were killed for their thoughts and beliefs.
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