Watch: Actor Ramya's cavalcade attacked with eggs in Mangaluru
Ramya has attracted controversy for saying she doesn't think Pakistan is hell. Earlier a sedition case was filed against her. On Thursday, her cavalcade was attacked by protestors in Mangaluru.
Kannada actor Ramya's cavalcade was shown black flag and attacked with eggs by protestors in Mangaluru on Thursday. The protestors were promptly nabbed by the police. Ramya has been in the eye of controversy for saying she doesn't think Pakistan is hell, for which a sedition case has been filed against the actor turned politician.
Ramya was later quoted by news 18 as saying, "When I landed in Mangalore, eggs were hurled at me, black flags shown; I won't take my words back, I am not worried". The protest was held near the Mangalore airport. Ramya said that eggs were thrown at her convoy, though she is not clear which car was targeted. Ramya who was in Mangaluru to attend an event was whisked away by police and the protestors were detained.
Actor Ramya on Tuesday became the latest subject of right wing ire when her comments on Pakistan invited a case of sedition by lawyer Vittal Gowda, also president of the Kodagu Pragati Ranga.
The 34-year-old actor has made comments offsetting those of defence minister Manohar Parrikar, who compared going to Pakistan akin to going to hell. "Pakistan is not hell; people there are just like us. They treated us very well," she had told reporters, after coming back from the country as part of the SAARC young parliamentarians delegation earlier this month.
Angered over the remarks, Gowda filed a private case in a court in Somwarpet in Kodagu under section 200 of the Cr PC. Gowda also appealed the court to book Ramya under section 124A (sedition) and section 334 (voluntarily causing hurt) of the IPC. A postcard campaign that denounced her remarks was carried out by Yuva-Bharat, a right wing youth organisation of Mysore.
Ramya, whose real name is Divya Spandan, however, refused to apologise for the comments. "People are so passionate about a certain brand of nationalism, without really knowing why. Misconstrued ideals that have been perpetuated by a certain section of the society dictate what is nationalism for us, and people are outraged over that," she said.