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Actor Vivek Anand Oberoi on Monday slammed Kamal Haasan over his “first terrorist was Hindu” remark, saying the actor-politician should not divide the country.
While campaigning for his party Makkal Needhi Maiam’s candidate for the May 19 Assembly by-election in Aravakuruchi in Karur district on Sunday, Haasan said: “The first terrorist of an independent India was a Hindu – Nathuram Godse.”
It was Godse who shot dead Mahatma Gandhi on January 30, 1948 in New Delhi.
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Referring to Gandhi’s killing, Haasan added: “I am here to question that killing.”
Haasan’s comment did not go down well with a section of netizens, including several politicians.
Vivek, who is a vocal supporter of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was also not impressed.