Kamal Haasan gets anticipatory bail from Madras HC for ‘Hindu terrorist’ remark
Haasan had last week filed an anticipatory bail petition before the Madras High Court, saying his speech was about Nathuram Godse only and not about Hindus as a whole.
Haasan had last week filed an anticipatory bail petition before the Madras High Court, saying his speech was about Nathuram Godse only and not about Hindus as a whole.
Earlier on Thursday, men suspected to be members of Hindu Munnani threw eggs and pelted stones at Kamal Hassan while he was on the final leg of campaigning in Aravakurichi assembly constituency.
Meanwhile, Kamal Haasan on Wednesday filed an anticipatory bail petition before the Madras HC, saying his speech was about Nathuram Godse only and not about Hindus as a whole.
The high court also asked the EC to decide BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay's representation against the remarks of actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan.
Meanwhile, the BJP on Monday moved the Election Commission seeking a five-day ban on Haasan.
Kamal Haasan, while campaigning in the Aravakurichi assembly constituency had said that the country's first extremist was a Hindu while referring to Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse.
Haasan made the remarks while campaigning in the Aravakurichi assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu on Sunday.
