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.

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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”.

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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.