A case has been registered against National award winner actor Prakash Raj in a Lucknow court on a complaint lodged by a lawyer over his recent remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, news agency ANI reported. The case is scheduled to be heard on October 7. On Monday Prakash Raj questioned PM Modi on his silence on the death of Journalist Gauri Lankesh.
The actor, a close friend of the Lankesh family, said the prime minister and others were acting as if nothing had happened despite having social media followers celebrating the killing on social media.Speaking at the 11th state meet of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) in Bengaluru, Prakash Raj went on the record saying that PM Modi and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath are better actors than him. He also said that he wanted to give back his National Awards. While Raj was severely criticised on social media, the actor later clarified on Twitter saying that he isn’t a fool to give away the awards.
Case registered against actor Prakash Raj in a Lucknow Court on complaint by a lawyer over his remarks on PM Modi; Case to be heard on 7 Oct
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) October 4, 2017
In the video message, Prakash said, “I don’t belong to any political party. As a citizen of this country, I have the right to question PM Modi. His silence over Gauri Lankesh’s murder is ‘chilling’.”
What’s said…n what’s not said. For all out there .. thank you pic.twitter.com/zIT7rnkFxb
— Prakash Raj (@prakashraaj) October 2, 2017
Prakash Raj is one of the finest actor of Indian cinema and he has done many South and Bollywood films, Raj has secured five National Film Awards for his movies.
