'WON'T BE PROPER TO SEEK AN OPINION FROM ME': KAMAL HAASAN ON SABARIMALA ISSUE

Celebrities and politicians have spoken about the ongoing Sabarimala controversy. However, actor-turned politician Kamal Haasan refused to drag himself into the issue, saying it won't be proper to seek an opinion for him on the issue.

The Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief added that he would prefer to "stay in the centre' and talk about matters that benefit women.

"It won't be proper to seek an opinion from me on this matter. I will stay in the centre and say about things good for women. I don't understand the (Ayyappa) devotees' stand. So it is better not to interfere in that," Haasan told reporters.

When asked about the Supreme Court verdict not being "respected" by Kerala, Haasan shot back at the question, saying, "one can't say Kerala (government) is not respecting" the judgement.

"It is a different thing if people don't respect it," he said in an apparent reference to the stiff resistance and protests by Ayyappa devotees at Sabarimala to the entry of women into the shrine.

Haasan, who is a self-declared rationalist and atheist, said that he has never been to Sabarimala though he had visited other temples.