NEW DELHI: Stones and eggs were thrown by two persons at the dais where actor-politician Kamal Haasan addressed an election rally at Aravakuruchi in Tamil Nadu.
The two, who were taken into custody by the police, threw stones and eggs at Haasan when he was coming down the dais after addressing an election rally on Thursday (May 16) night.
Cadres of Haasan’s party Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) attacked the two persons before police intervened and took the two to safety.
Later Haasan tweeted: “Dear MNM family and fans, this is an acid test for our decorum and demeanour. Do not listen to their noises and be drawn into their violence. They are extremists who are slighted by the Truth. Naalai Namadhey (tomorrow is ours)!”
The attack on Haasan follows the slipper thrown at him at Thiruparankundram at a poll rally on Wednesday (May 15) night.
Police said the person who threw the slipper has been taken into custody. The slipper fell before the dais and not near Haasan.
At the meeting, a group of people shouted slogans. The police took 11 persons into custody.
On Sunday, at the Aravakuruchi Assembly constituency, Haasan, while campaigning for his party candidate, said about the killer of Mahatma Gandhi: “The first extremist of independent India was a Hindu-Nathuram Godse. It all started from there.”
Tamil Nadu Minister K.T. Rajenthra Bhalaji said the actor-politician’s tongue “should be cut”.
According to Haasan, even though the identity ‘Indian’ is of recent origin, it will live long.
He said: “It is a wrong choice of commercial politics and spiritualism to restrict our vast nation into a religion”.
[source_without_link]IANS[/source_without_link]