00:00Yesterday you did an entire press conference and you also responded to Mr. Prakash Raj who came out
00:05and spoke something about this particular issue. Today he has responded to your press conference
00:11and he says you tried misquoting him or twisting what he has quoted. What would you like to say?
00:18There's no such way you know. I like Prakash Raj. He's a good friend of mine
00:22and I always liked him. In fact we share a great bonding. Though we differ on
00:29political aspects and his opinion, that's a different story. But as an actor I truly
00:34respect him and I like him frankly. I love to perform with him and I have a few more days
00:39work also with him. First of all there is no need for him to comment on this.
00:52On my tweet, it is something, some adulteration happened, some sanctity has been violated.
00:58I said that there is no comment. My thought was people who are involved in it should be punished.
01:05There is no nothing to do with religion, nothing. But he commented and he dragged
01:10your friends in Delhi. He meant Sir BJP. BJP and Modiji or whoever the leadership.
01:20So I know his comments. He feels he is a great secularist. So where your thought comes from?
01:28Such idea what you said, it comes from your definition of secularism.
01:36So it is not just Mr. Prakash Raj alone, whoever were commenting on me on the social media or on
01:41the political commentators. They think they are the saviors of democracy and they are epitome of
01:49secularism. I want to tell them guys, I know for secularism I have a slight,
01:57it is not my own opinion, average Indian feels it. For them secularism is something you can comment
02:05on. The moment I said I didn't misquote or something, I understood his intention.
02:11Where you are coming from? You read between the lines.
02:14Let's read between the lines. My question is, did you comment on Bangladesh?
02:21When Hindus are being killed, did you comment? You don't comment. If you had commented,
02:27I don't know, I am not aware, I am glad. See this, not just Mr. Prakash Raj, any kind of secularist
02:34who claims to be a secularist, it is very easy to comment on what is happening in Hindu society.
02:43They are scared to comment on any other religion, which I hate that.
02:49You say they are dual standards. What is secularism? All are equal.
02:55Whether I am a person of an X religion, a person of Y religion,
02:59or Z religion, that's not the issue. Whoever does the mistake, who wants to make a comment,
03:05please do it. That's what an average Indian wants. I grew up from a very simple middle-class family
03:13who doesn't come from a great political background, but I wanted my leaders to be like this.
03:17Got it. Just because I am a leftist doesn't mean I am not going to comment on.
03:23Imagine, the sacred thread was adorned by Brahmins, or certain classes of society,
03:33it was pulled and snapped by one guy. The one who snapped, it happened in the temple in Bhimavaram.
03:44It was done by another Hindu only. And no one comments about it. Of course, I raised my voice.
03:56Any kind of some wrongdoing happens, it's easy. Sanatana Dharma or Hinduism is the easiest
04:06target, punching back to be commented. For the so-called secularists. And Prakash Raj
04:13is one such secularist. That's the reason why he commented on them.
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