CASE AGAINST RAM GOPAL VARMA FOR COMMENTING DRAUPADI MURMU
New Delhi (The Quiver): Filmmaker Ram Gopal Verma again landed himself in trouble by posting a comment on NDA’s Presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu. A case has been filed against him for his controversial tweet.
“If DRAUPADI is the PRESIDENT who are the PANDAVAS? And more importantly, who are the KAURAVAS?” read his tweet.
Telangana BJP leader Gudur Narayana Reddy filed a complaint against Mr Varma for the tweet, accusing him of disrespecting the SC/ST community.
The filmmaker soon after issued a clarification: “Draupadi in Mahabharata is my favourite character but Since the name is such a rarity I just remembered the associated characters and hence my expression. Not at all intended to hurt sentiments of anyone”.
Another BJP MLA from Telangana criticised Ram Gopal Varma , saying that the director posts such tweets in a “drunken state”. “Varma always tries to be in the news by making such controversial comments,” he added.