Lok Sabha Election 2019: Actor Kamal Haasan who kick-started the row stands his ground

Hitting the campaign trail after a lull of two days, Makkal Needhi Maiam President Kamal Haasan on Wednesday clarified his earlier remarks on Nathuram Godse, while also blaming the media for taking his comments out of context. 

The actor-turned-politician was campaigning at Thoppur for his party’s Aravakurichi assembly bye-poll candidate. Addressing crowds from atop his campaign vehicle, Haasan said, “People are getting angry for what I said at Aravakurichi. What I have said is the historical truth. I am not trying to pick a fight with anybody”. 

Lashing out at the media he said, “Without listening fully to whatever I had spoken, they have used one particular portion and used it against me. I said it only once, but the media picked the wrong portion and cut its head and tail so that it can be twisted in any manner, and they played it hundreds of times. Whatever IPC sections they have booked me on, the media is equally responsible.”

While he clarified that his comments were taken out of context, Haasan stood his ground on the Godse remark saying, “If a historical truth is spoken and it wounds people, we should heal that wound. That’s why we are here, being together and co-existing, is the way ahead.”