Kanal Kannan, a well-known stunt master who had choreographed action sequencces for various movies, has been booked for speaking against rabid anti-Hindu demagogue E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker (EVR), known as ‘Periyar’ by his followers.
For the past one month, the Hindu Munnani (Hindu Front) Has been organizing meetings across the state for the reclamation of rights of Hindus. The closing ceremony was held last week at Chennai.
Addressing the occasion, Kanal Kannan said “Being Hindu is a matter of pride. Earlier, countries were conquered through sword and war. Today they are capturing nations through religious conversion.”
He also shared his personal experience when Christian missionaries had tried to convert him.
Speaking further he said “Lakhs of Hindus worship at the Srirangam Ranganathar Temple daily. Opposite to that (temple), there is a statue of a person who said ‘there is no God’ (referring to EVR). The day that statue is broken, that is the day of Hindu resurgence”.
This speech of his has created a controversy in Tamil Nadu with the stunt master now being booked by the state police.
Many on social media have voiced support for Kanal Kannan with the hashtag #isupportkanalkannan.
They have also lashed out at the MK Stalin-led DMK government’s hypocrisy pointing out that no action has been taken on U2 Brutus ‘Minor’ who had abused Hindu God Lord Shiva.
On the other hand, the two Dravidian parties have condemned Kanal Kannan for his speech.
AIADMK leader D. Jayakumar said that those who defame leaders like ‘Periyar’, Anna, MGR and Amma should be dealt with an iron hand. He said that the AIADMK would’ve dealt such persons strongly had the party been in power.
BJP Tamil Nadu President K. Annamalai has come out in support of the stunt master stating that it is not acceptable to have a statue on the way to a temple that says “There is no God and those who believe in God are fools”. He said that the statue can be kept elsewhere but not in front of the temple.
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