RAJINIKANTH SPEECH CONTROVERSY - RAGHAVA LAWRENCE CLARIFIES: "I DONT KNOW POLITICS, BUT..."

He also pointed out articles about the same in Outlook magazine in 2017, and about Mr. Lakshman who had conducted a Dharna protest against the issue. He also conveyed that the excerpts of his speech were not imaginary as touted.

Meanwhile, many people have also come forward in support of Rajinikanth and had been trending the hashtag #IStandWithRajinikanth. Now, Actor Raghava Lawrence in a recent post has marked his comments on the same. He has started off his post mentioning that he does not know politics, but that he knows Rajinikanth.

'Rajinikanth is not a person who hurts anyone, he is a person who does not even speak back to those who hurt him. He is not a person who is capable of planning and spreading lies about anyone! Even then, many claim that he has spoken insultingly of Periyar. 

'If he indeed is a person who would speak like that, in 2006, why did he help release the movie of Director Velu Prabhakaran that carried the ideologies of Periyar? Superstar Rajinikanth highly respects Periyar. Hence I sincerely request everyone not to misquote him!' - So Raghava Lawrence has posted in his Facebook and Twitter handles!

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— Raghava Lawrence (@offl_Lawrence) January 23, 2020