KTR sends legal notice to Telangana minister for defamation, minister withdraws her comments
Updated: Oct 3rd, 2024
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Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K T Rama Rao on Oct 3 sent a legal notice to Telangana’s Forests and Environment Minister Konda Surekha for defamation after she alleged that he was responsible for the divorce of actors Naga Chaitanya and Samantha Ruth Prabhu.
Rama Rao’s lawyer has asked the minister to withdraw the statement and tender an unconditional public apology to the BRS leader within 24 hours for tarnishing his reputation with a ‘malicious and defamatory act’.
Konda Surekha was also asked to refrain from engaging in any further malicious or frivolous defamatory acts.
According to the notice, if the minister fails to comply with these demands, KTR will initiate necessary and appropriate legal action against her.
Popular Tollywood actor Akkineni Nagarjuna, who is the father of Naga Chaitanya, reacted strongly to the comments made by the minister.
Nagarjuna asked her not to use the lives of movie stars who stay away from politics to criticise her opponents.
“I strongly condemn the comments of the Honorable Minister Mrs. Konda Surekha. Don’t use the lives of movie stars who stay away from politics to criticise your opponents. Please respect other people’s privacy,” Nagarjuna posted on ‘X’.
“As a woman in a responsible position, your comments and accusations against our family are completely irrelevant and false. I request you to withdraw your comments immediately,” he added.
Naga Chaitanya also re-posted his father’s tweet.
Following the outbreak Surekha, has withdrawn her remarks about actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s divorce from Naga Chaitanya.
After Samantha reacted strongly to her comments, Surekha took to ‘X’ to state that her comments were not meant to hurt her sentiments but to question a leader’s belittling of women.
The minister told Samantha that she not only admires the way she has come up in life with self-power but is also an ideal for her.
“If you or your fans are offended by my comments, I unconditionally retract my comments,” the Minister wrote.
Samantha clarified that her divorce was with mutual consent and amicable.
She urged the minister not to trivialise her journey and to be responsible and respectful of individuals’ privacy.
In her statement posted on social media, Samantha said “It takes a lot of courage and strength. Konda Surekha Garu, I am proud of what this journey turned me into – please don’t trivialise it. I hope you realise that your words carry significant weight as a minister. I implore you to be responsible and respectful of individual’s privacy.”
“My divorce is a personal matter, and I request that you refrain from speculating about it. Our choice to keep things private doesn’t invite misrepresentation. To clarify: my divorce was mutual consent and amicable, with no political conspiracy involved. Could you please keep me out of political battles? I have always remained non-political and wish to continue doing so,” she added.
Naga Chaitanya stated that the minister’s claim is not only false but also absolutely ridiculous and unacceptable.
“Women deserved to be supported and respected. Taking advantage and exploiting personal life decisions of celebrities for the sake of media headlines is shameful,” he said.
Naga Chaitanya’s stepmother Amala Akkineni has lashed out at Konda Surekha for her comments.
“Shocked to hear a woman minister turn into a demon, conjuring evil fictions allegations, preying on decent citizens as fuel for a political war. Madam Minister, do you rely and believe people with no decency to feed you utterly scandalous stories about my husband without an iota of shame or truth? This is really shameful. If leaders lower themselves into the gutter and behave like criminals, what will happen to our country?” she asked on ‘X’
Amala appealed to the Congress leader to make the Minister retract her statement. “Mr Rahul Gandhiji, if you believe in human decency, please restrain your politicians and make your minister retract her venomous statements with an apology to my family. Protect the citizens of this country,” she added.
(This story was taken from a syndicated feed and was only edited for style by Gujarat Samachar Digital staff)
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